Refractions of violence / Martin Jay.
| Author/creator | Jay, Martin, 1944- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York ; London : Routledge, 2003. |
| Description | ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Walter Benjamin and the refusal to mourn -- Peace in our time -- Fathers and sons : Jan Phillip Reemtsma -- The ungrateful dead -- When did the Holocaust end? Reflections on historical objectivity -- The conversion of the Rose -- Pen pals with the unicorn killer -- Kwangju : from massacre to Biennale -- Must justice be blind? : images and the law -- Diving into the wreck : aesthetic spectatorship at the turn of the millennium -- Astronomical hindsight : the speed of light and the virtualization of reality -- Returning the gaze : the American response to the French critique of ocularcentrism -- Lafayette's children : the American reception of French liberalism -- Somaesthetics and democracy : John Dewey and body art -- The paradoxes of religious violence -- Fearful symmetries : September 11th and the agonies of the left. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-217) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003006445 |
| ISBN | 0415966655 (HB : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415966663 (PB : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HM1116 .J39 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |