The Letter of Violence
| Author | : I. Avelar |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2017-03-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781403978202 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1403978204 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (204 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Letter of Violence by : I. Avelar
Download or read book The Letter of Violence written by I. Avelar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the theory of violence from nineteenth-century symmetrical warfare through today's warfare of electronics and unbalanced numbers. Surveying such luminaries as Walter Benjamin, Frantz Fanon, Hannah Arendt, Paul Virilio, and Jacques Derrida, Avelar also offers a discussion of theories of torture and confession, the work of Roman Polanski and Borges, and a meditation on the rise of the novel in Colombia.