About the Book
While there is a tacit appreciation that freedom from violence will lead to more prosperous relations among peoples, violence continues to be deployed for various political and social ends. Yet the problem of violence still defies neat description, subject to many competing interpretations.
Histories of Violence offers an accessible yet compelling examination of the problem of violence as it appears in the corpus of canonical figures - from Hannah Arendt to Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault to Slavoj Zizek - who continue to influence and inform contemporary political, philosophical, sociological, cultural, and anthropological study. Written by a team of internationally renowned experts, this is an essential interrogation of post-war critical thought as it relates to violence.
About the Author:
Brad Evans is a reader in political violence at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. He is also the founder and director of the multi-media and interdisciplinary Histories of Violence project (www.historiesofviolence.com). His latest books include Deleuze and Fascism (with Julian Reid, 2013), Liberal Terror (2013), Resilient Life: The Art of Living Dangerously (with Julian Reid, 2014) and Disposable Futures: The Seducation of Violence in the Age of the Spectacle (with Henry Giroux, 2015). More at www.brad-evans.co.uk.
Terrell Carver is professor of political theory in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. He has published widely on Marx, Engels and Marxism and on sex, gender and sexuality. His most recent books include a two-volume study of Marx and Engels' 'German ideology' manuscripts (with Daniel Blank, 2014) and the
Cambridge Companion to The Communist Manifesto (edited with James Farr, 2015). He is co-editor of the journal
Contemporary Political Theory and co general editor of three book series:
Globalization (with Manfred B. Steger),
Routledge Innovators in Political Theory (with Samuel A. Chambers) and
Marx, Engels and Marxisms (with Marcello Musto).
Brad Evans is a reader in political violence at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. He is also the founder and director of the multi-media and interdisciplinary Histories of Violence project (www.historiesofviolence.com). His latest books include
Deleuze and Fascism (with Julian Reid, 2013),
Liberal Terror (2013),
Resilient Life: The Art of Living Dangerously (with Julian Reid, 2014) and
Disposable Futures: The Seducation of Violence in the Age of the Spectacle (with Henry Giroux, 2015). More at www.brad-evans.co.uk.
Terrell Carver is professor of political theory in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. He has published widely on Marx, Engels and Marxism and on sex, gender and sexuality. His most recent books include a two-volume study of Marx and Engels' 'German ideology' manuscripts (with Daniel Blank, 2014) and the
Cambridge Companion to The Communist Manifesto (edited with James Farr, 2015). He is co-editor of the journal
Contemporary Political Theory and co general editor of three book series:
Globalization (with Manfred B. Steger),
Routledge Innovators in Political Theory (with Samuel A. Chambers) and
Marx, Engels and Marxisms (with Marcello Musto).
