| Description |
xvi, 165 pages ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A brief (philosophical) history of protest and liberalism. Common liberal categories of resistance and protest ; Pressing the liberal tradition ; Moving forward: reimagining liberalism -- Bottles and bricks: rethinking the prohibition against violent protest. The conceptual argument ; Moral considerations ; Pragmatic considerations -- (Re)considering violence. An ordinary conception of violence ; Challenging an ordinary conception ; Return to milkshaking -- Violence as persuasive political communication. Progressing toward justice ; A commitment to the political ; Interpersonal violence as moral and political suasion -- Responsibility and accountability: permission for violent protest. The poltical responsibility to oppose injustice ; The nature of the political responsibility to protest ; Evaluating protest from a moral and political perspective -- Attitudes and actions: The responsibilities of protesters. Analysis of the communicative context ; Protecting the vulnerable ; Self-respect and violence -- Protest and revolution: drawing difficult lines. The traditional distinction between revolution and protest ; Some problems with the traditional account ; A way forward ; Gradients, not bright lights -- Index -- About the authors. |
| Summary |
"Examines how protest is practiced and argues that suitably constrained violent political protest is sometimes justified"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Protest is a critical part of the contemporary political landscape. Despite the prevalence of protest as a real-world practice, most liberal political theory limits its focus on protest to ideal conditions. This book takes up the question of how to think about protest, from within the context of liberal political theory, in the face of serious, substantial, ongoing, and actual injustices--in short, a theory of protest for our world. What can or must protest include? What, if anything, must it avoid? Against much of the popular discourse, the authors defend the view that suitably constrained violent political protest is sometimes justified. Violent political protest is not simply revolution by any other name--it's a last-ditch effort to remedy injustice without going to war."-- Provided by publisher |
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Social movements -- Philosophy.
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Political violence.
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Violence.
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Political violence. (OCoLC)fst01069902
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Social movements -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01122665
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Violence. (OCoLC)fst01167224
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| Added Author |
Mitchell, Megan, 1983- author.
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| ISBN |
9781786613202 hardcover |
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1786613204 hardcover |
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9781786613219 electronic publication |
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