The Radical Necessity of Nonviolence

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

English - October 20, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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“The choice today,” said Martin Luther King, Jr., “is no longer between violence and nonviolence. It is either nonviolence or nonexistence.” Our nation is rocked by protests; and on a global stage, nuclear-armed countries flirt with mutually assured destruction. What is the path forward? In conversation with Stephen Best, Judith Butler overturns common assumptions about nonviolence, offering a definition that can help us achieve a world where peace and equality arise.