Frames of War : When is Life Grievable? (Record no. 29635)
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| fixed length control field | 01985nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781784782474 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 303.6 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Butler, Judith |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Frames of War : When is Life Grievable? |
| Statement of responsibility | Judith Butler |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Verso |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxx,193 Pages |
| Other physical details | 13x19 cm |
| -- | PB |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Radical Thinkers. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | When is Life Grievable? Analyzing the different frames through which we experience war, Butler calls for a reorientation of the Left. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In Frames of War, Judith Butler explores the media’s portrayal of state violence, a process integral to the way in which the West wages modern war. This portrayal has saturated our understanding of human life, and has led to the exploitation and abandonment of whole peoples, who are cast as existential threats rather than as living populations in need of protection. These people are framed as already lost, to imprisonment, unemployment and starvation, and can easily be dismissed. In the twisted logic that rationalizes their deaths, the loss of such populations is deemed necessary to protect the lives of ‘the living.’ This disparity, Butler argues, has profound implications for why and when we feel horror, outrage, guilt, loss and righteous indifference, both in the context of war and, increasingly, everyday life. This book discerns the resistance to the frames of war in the context of the images from Abu Ghraib, the poetry from Guantanamo, recent European policy on immigration and Islam, and debates on normativity and non-violence. In this urgent response to ever more dominant methods of coercion, violence and racism, Butler calls for a re-conceptualization of the Left, one that brokers cultural difference and cultivates resistance to the illegitimate and arbitrary effects of state violence and its vicissitudes. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political violence |
| -- | Violence--Political aspects |
| -- | Violence--Social aspects |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-04-15 | CRV/GPLM/12/2016 | 1036.00 | 303.6 B983F 2016 | 34547 | Books |