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Portraits of Violence

An Illustrated History of Radical Thinking

by (author) Brad Evans & Sean Michael Wilson

illustrated by Carl Thompson, Robert Brown, Mike Medaglia & Chris Mackenzie

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Jan 2017
Category
General, Violence in Society, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771132930
    Publish Date
    Jan 2017
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

Bringing together established academics and award-winning comic book writers and illustrators, Portraits of Violence illustrates the most compelling ideas and episodes in the critique of violence.

Hannah Arendt, Franz Fanon, Jacques Derrida, Edward Said, Paolo Freire, Michel Foucault, Susan Sontag, Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, and Giorgio Agamben—each have ten pages to tell their story in this innovative graphic title.

About the authors

Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist, and writer, whose work focuses on the question of violence. The author of some ten books and edited volumes, along with over forty academic and media articles, he currently serves as a senior lecturer at the School of Sociology, Politics & International Studies, at the University of Bristol.

Brad Evans' profile page

Sean Michael Wilson is an award-winning comic book writer from Scotland, who now lives in Japan. He is the editor of the critically acclaimed collection AX:alternative manga (one of Publishers Weekly’s Best ten books of 2010). He was the lead writer for Fight the Power and Goodbye God?

Sean Michael Wilson's profile page

Carl Thompson's profile page

Robert Craig Brown, FRSC, is a professor emeritus in the Department of History and a senior fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto.

Robert Brown's profile page

Mike Medaglia's profile page

Chris Mackenzie's profile page