Blood and Progress: Violence in Pursuit of Emancipation

by Nick Hewlett

How do we decide when violence in pursuit of emancipation is legitimate and what form - if any - should it take?
Every day, we hear about war, state repression, uprisings, suicide bombing, gang warfare, slavery and domestic abuse. Is it realistic to think of a future that is free from violence? And can we justify the paradox of violence in pursuit of a peaceful future? Nick Hewlett places the goal of a wholly peaceful society centre-stage to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474410596
• ISBN13: 9781474410595
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"