Violent Histories, Livable Futures

Forging the Power of the People

Buch | Softcover

150 Seiten

2026
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61186-566-0 (ISBN)

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Our political landscape is crowded with competing voices—claims, demands, grievances, and even acts of violence—all made in the name of some idea of “the people.” This powerful concept has been wielded both to assert democratic sovereignty and to justify exclusion and control. Violent Histories, Livable Futures unpacks this complex dynamic through compelling historical case studies, spanning sub-Saharan Africa in the 1950s, post–World War II Guatemala, and the United States in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. By tracing how societies have contended over which people matter and which do not, this book offers a deeply relevant exploration of power, representation, and the struggle for justice, all in pursuit of a more livable future.

Eric King Watts has published extensively on Black public voice, its invention, and suppression and is the author of Hearing the Hurt: Rhetoric, Aesthetics, and Politics of the New Negro Movement and Postracial Fantasies and Zombies: On the Racist Apocalyptic Politics Devouring the World.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2026
Reihe/Serie	Rhetoric of Power and Protest
Verlagsort	East Lansing, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
ISBN-10	1-61186-566-2 / 1611865662
ISBN-13	978-1-61186-566-0 / 9781611865660
Zustand	Neuware