Just Police Violence: Liberal ideology and the critique of violence from Walter Benjamin to Black Lives Matter
(2024)
Journal Article
Duff, K. (2024). Just Police Violence: Liberal ideology and the critique of violence from Walter Benjamin to Black Lives Matter. Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, 2(1), 34-63. https://doi.org/10.1163/27727882-bja00022
Policing is broadly legitimate – even while imperfect and in need of reform. This axiom of liberal political theory and practice is shaken by movements like Black Lives Matter, which confront and expose carceral violence as the routine, deadly edge o... Read More about Just Police Violence: Liberal ideology and the critique of violence from Walter Benjamin to Black Lives Matter.