The Subject of Violence ― Arendtean Exercises in Understanding

A collection of seven essays by Bar On (philosophy, State U. of New York at Binghamton) that both rely on and reexamine the work of Hannah Arendt in relation to the ethico-political understanding of violence. She weaves feminist and other radical thinking into her examinations of the violence of genocide, nationalisms, and states. She argues that the Nazi Judeocide was similar to other genocides and critiques State Zionism from a perspective that wishes for a Jewish national home. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Bat-Ami Bar On is associate professor of philosophy and women's studies at Binghamton University in New York and author of Jewish Locations (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001).