From Violence to Speaking Out: Apocalypse and Expression in Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze

by Leonard Lawlor

Drawing on a career-long exploration of 1960s French philosophy, Leonard Lawlor seeks a solution to 'the problem of the worst violence'. The worst violence is the reaction of total apocalypse without remainder; it is the reaction of complete negation and death; it is nihilism. Lawlor argues that it is not just transcendental violence that must be minimised: all violence must itself be reduced to its lowest level. He offers new ways of speaking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474418244
• ISBN13: 9781474418249
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.4" x 7.7"