Wittgenstein and the Nature of Violence

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-36891-3
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 237 g

Reihe: Peacemakers

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.

The volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of peace and conflict studies, political philosophy, linguistics and modern history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krishnaswamy, R.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Modernity and the instrumentality of violence 2 Violence and the body 3 The silent stories we tell 4 Wittgensteinian interventions 5 The rules of the everyday world 6 Conclusion: tying the knots

Über Autor(innen)

R. Krishnaswamy is an assistant professor at the Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities (JSLH), O.P. Jindal Global University (O.P. JGU), Haryana, India. He is interested in the interface of language and the mind.