Can there be non-violent political action?
Abstract: The text argues for the irreducible violence of the abolition of violence. It aims to show that this is not a paradox, for violence means something else in both instances. We thus need to distinguish between violence and violence: we need a ‘critique of violence’ in the sense that Walter Benjamin has developed it (in his article with this title). The text will sketch a political reading of Benjamin’s distinction between mythic and divine violence by way of his example of education
- Location
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Extent
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Can there be non-violent political action? ; volume:14 ; number:3 ; pages:60-66
Behemoth ; 14, Heft 3, 60-66
- Classification
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Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
- Keyword
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Gewalt
Kritik
Erziehung
- Creator
- DOI
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10.6094/behemoth.2021.14.3.1068
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2242878
- Rights
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Kein Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
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15.08.2025, 7:26 AM CEST
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