Progressive Violence (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

By Michael Blain and Angeline Kearns-Blain

Book Overview

This book examines the role of collective violence in the achievement of solidarity, shedding light on the difficulty faced by sociology in theorizing violence as a result of its tendency to idealise society in order to legitimise the idea of progressive social change. Using the global War on Terror as a focal point, it discusses the related issues of power, knowledge, and ethics, explaining the War on Terror in terms of the Anglo-American tradition of imperial power and domination. Exploring the solidarity produced by the ritual domination and destruction of a 'villain', the book also considers the price of the 'progressive violence' involved in advancing the moral cause of freedom.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113849772X
• ISBN13: 9781138497726
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 0.6" x 6.4"