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Wittgenstein and the Nature of Violence

Wittgenstein and the Nature of Violence

Krishnaswamy, R.

Paperback

Series: Peacemakers

PhilosophyCriminologyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0367368919
ISBN13: 9780367368913
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Jul 16 2020
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

How do we explain violence?

What is so significant of modern forms of violence that it has produced such large-scale destruction in its wake?

This volume builds on the political philosophy of Wittgenstein, his notions of peace and violence, to explore how violence in any form is contained in culturally or ideologically formed institutions. Drawing on Wittgenstein's work on language, it explores the link between language and violence, everydayness and culture. It examines everyday instances of micro-violence that we sometimes forget to recall. This book puts forth the claim that any theory of violence will have to touch on the myriad - both micro and macro - political, social and cultural interactions that make up the human condition. The author further comments on the unseen ways violence has been instrumentalized in modern history's many stages to create a spectacle of power to reinforce authority.

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