A collection of writings, reflections, and interviews from political philosopher and critical theorist Brad Evans, written between 2010 and 2017. Evans collaborates with and interviews Simon Critchley, Julian Reid, Adrian Parr, Henry Giroux, Grace Pollock, Tyler Pollard, and Victoria Harper in his considerations of our era of violence and confusion. Brad Evans has studied and written about the history of violence for years and has been collaborating with and interviewing the world’s greatest artists, humanists, and philosophers about the human propensity for violence.
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1. New thinking is needed about September 11
By Brad Evans & Simon Critchley
2. 9/11 – A Duty to Remember, but What?
By Brad Evans & Simon Critchley
3. Militarization of London Olympics Shows One More Host Country’s Fetish for Displays of Force
4. London’s Violent Spectacle: What is to be gained by calling it Terror?
5. Branding the Revolution
By Brad Evans & Julian Reid
6. The Promise of Violence in the Age of Catastrophe
By Brad Evans & Julian Reid
7. As we remember the atrocities of the 20th century, we must change the way we think about violence
8. Are some lives disposable?
By Brad Evans & Adrian Parr
9. Turning a Blind Eye to the Political Promise of the Financial Crisis
By Brad Evans & Adrian Parr
10. Zygmunt Bauman’s Warning From History
11. Disposable Futures
By Brad Evans & Henry A. Giroux
12. Another War, Another Evil: Haven’t We Learned That the Devil Cannot Be Slain?
13. The Eyes of the World
14. Self-Plagiarism and the Politics of Character Assassination: The Case of Zygmunt Bauman
By Brad Evans & Henry Giroux
15. How Do We Tell Our Children About the Violence in Paris?
16. The War on Terror is a War on Youth: Paris & the Impoverishment of the Future
By Brad Evans & Henry Giroux
17. Can we leave the Atrocity Exhibition?
18. Why we should all read Alice in Wonderland Right now
19. Remembering the 43
20. An Open Letter to Mara Fernanda Castilla
18. Public Intellectuals Resisting Global Violence: An Interview With Brad Evans
By Brad Evans & Grace Pollock
19. Challenging a ‘Disposable Future, ‘ Looking to a Politics of Possibility
By Brad Evans, Henry Giroux & Victoria Harper
20. Education, the Politics of Resilience, and the War on Youth: A Conversation with Brad Evans
By Brad Evans & Tyler Pollard
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Russell Brand is an English comedian, actor, author, and activist. His books include My Booky Wook (2007), Revolution (2014), and Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions (2017).