Interventions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction Feminists Responding to Violence

   1. Introduction

      • Elizabeth A. Castelli

      Pages 1-9

3. Terms of Engagement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Feminism in the Time of Violence

      • Karen Beckman

      Pages 13-22

   3. The Wrong Victims

      • Sally Bachner

      Pages 23-28

   4. Definitions and Injuries of Violence

      • Meredeth Turshen

      Pages 29-35

   5. Filling the Sight by Force

      • Laura Wexler

      Pages 37-39

   6. Rethinking Responses to Violence, Rethinking the Safety of “Home”

      • Andrea Smith

      Pages 41-46

   7. Violence of Protection

      • Minoo Moallem

      Pages 47-51

   8. Is Secularism Less Violent than Religion?

      • Janet R. Jakobsen

      Pages 53-67

4. Violence and the U.S. Political Regime

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Biblical Promise and Threat in U.S. Imperialist Rhetoric, Before and After 9/11

      • Erin Runions

      Pages 71-88

   3. The Best Defense?

      • Neta C. Crawford

      Pages 89-101

   4. The Erosion of Democracy in Advancing the Bush Administration’s Iraq Agenda

      • Jody Williams

      Pages 103-116

5. Contexts and Locations of Violence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Naming Enmity

      • Gil Anidjar

      Pages 119-129

   3. Toward a Cherokee Theory of Violence

      • Laura E. Donaldson

      Pages 131-132

   4. Dangerous Crossings

      • Lois Ann Lorentzen

      Pages 133-141

   5. Domestic Terror

      • Catherine Lutz, Jon Elliston

      Pages 143-148

   6. Testifying to Violence

      • Anupama Rao

      Pages 149-160

This collection brings together top scholars to discuss the significance of violence from a global perspective and the intersections between the global structures of violence and more localized and intimate forms of violence. Activists and academics consider questions such as; are there situations in which violence should be politically supported? Are non-violent or anti-war movements in the US able to effectively respond to violence? Do we need to rethink our understanding of both 'religion' and 'secularism' in light of the current world situation? Have new paradigms been developed in response to violence? The essays in this collection offer inclusive analysis of particular situations and creative alternatives to the omnipresence of violence.

• critical theory
• ethics
• feminism
• Nation
• politics
• poverty
• religion
• violence
• women

'There is a long tradition of intellectuals responding to violence, particularly if there is a provocation such as the US invasion in Iraq. Castelli and Jakobsen have edited a book with a wide range of articles, most of them written from a feminist point of view. All are in some way related to violence. Basically, they try to contribute to the development of new and more comprehensive vocabularies for analyzing violence and revitalized strategies for antiviolence activism...For the peace research community, this book brings together articles that try to focus on violence from a feminist or at least from a female point of view. This is the most relevant and fruitful aspect of the book.' - Journal of Peace Research

Elizabeth A. Castelli is Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University, USA.

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