The proliferation of violence is arguably one of the most crucial topics of concern in an era of ethnic wars on one hand, and cultural debates about what constitutes violence in arenas of pornography, nationalism, race relations, the media, even environmental issues on the other. Violence and Its Alternatives fills the existing gap in the literature on violence with essays from the most influential writers in the fields of politics, psychology, sociology, gender studies, and race studies. This collection has two features not found in any other discussions of violence: first, a full spectrum of views, from now-classic treatments to postmodern considerations; and second, the first interdisciplinary study of nonviolence.

Manfred B. Steger is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Nancy S. Lind is Associate Professor of Political Science, both at Illinois State University.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

xiii

Manfred B. Steger

Nancy S. Lind

SECTION I: VIOLENCE: DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS

Excerpt from On Violente

(9)

Hannah Arendt

``On Violence''

(11)

Robert Paul Wolff

``The Idea of Violence''

(16)

C. A. J. Coady

``Cultural Violence''

(18)

Johan Galtung

SECTION II: VIOLENCE AND LAW

``Critique of Violence''

(13)

Walter Benjamin

Excerpt from Discipline and Punish

(7)

Michel Foucault

Excerpt from Force of Law: The Mystical Foundation of Authority

(7)

Jacques Derrida

``The Force of Law: Metaphysical or Political?''

(5)

Nancy Fraser

``Is Violent Speech a Right?''

(6)

Cass R. Sunstein

SECTION III: VIOLENCE AND GENDER

``Gender and Sexuality: Masculinity, Violence, and Domination''

(18)

Nancy C. M. Hartsock

``Violence, Gender, and Social Change''

113

(8)

Christine Alder

``Violence in Lesbian and Gay Relationships''

121

(8)

Claire M. Renzetti

``Pornography and Grief''

129

(4)

Andrea Dworkin

``Andrea Dworkin's Reconstruction of Pornography as a Discriminatory Social Practice''

133

(12)

Cindy Jenefsky

``The Second Front: The Logic of Sexual Violence in Wars''

145

(12)

Ruth Seifert

SECTION IV: VIOLENCE AND RACE

Excerpt from ``Concerning Violence'' The Wretched of the Earth

157

(12)

Frantz Fanon

Excerpt from The Ballot or the Bullet

169

(3)

Malcolm X

``On Violence''

172

(5)

David Nicholson

``Nihilism in Black America''

177

(6)

Cornel West

``Violence, Resistance, and the Struggle for Black Empowerment''

183

(8)

Manning Marable

``Indigenous Peoples, Racism and the Environment''

191

(10)

Russel Barsh

SECTION V: VIOLENCE AND NATIONALISM

``The New Nationalism in Europe''

201

(9)

Mary Kaldor

``Pro Patria Mori! Death and the State''

210

(11)

Yael Tamir

``Patriotism and Its Futures''

221

(14)

Arjun Appadurai

``Ethnic Cleansing': A Metaphor for Our Time?''

235

(18)

Akbar S. Ahmed

SECTION VI: VIOLENCE AND CLASS

Excerpt from Reflections on Violence

253

(12)

Georges Sorel

``Liberation from the Affluent Society''

265

(9)

Herbert Marcuse

``Legality and Illegality''

274

(10)

Georg Lukacs

``An Autopsy of Marxist Socialism''

284

(9)

Manfred B. Steger

SECTION VII: NONVIOLENCE ALTERNATIVES

Excerpts from The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi

293

(9)

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Excerpts from Love, Law, and Civil Disobedience

302

(6)

Martin Luther King Jr.

``Beloved Community: A World Without Racism''

308

(5)

bell hooks

``Freedom from Fear''

313

(4)

Aung San Suu Kyi

``Beyond Just War and Pacifism''

317

(17)

Gene Sharp

``Untangling the Web of Violence''

334

(17)

Jennifer Turpin

Lester R. Kurtz

Notes

351

(30)

Selected Bibliography

381

(16)

Index

397

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