Beyond recognition: the politics of encounter
Frosh, Stephen (2015) Beyond recognition: the politics of encounter. Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society 20 , pp. 379-394. ISSN 1088-0763.
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Abstract
The context for this paper is an attempt to think through the possibilities and challenges of nonviolent resistance, with the shadow of the Israel-Palestine conflict looming over it. Drawing on the work of Jessica Benjamin, I outline how a theory of recognition becomes one of acknowledgement through the inclusion of a notion of a witnessing ‘third’. This third is actively implicated in the injury caused by oppression and is called upon to do something about it. I go on to use Judith Butler’s account of the challenge of nonviolence to draw out some lessons on issues of vulnerability, cohabitation and justice. Finally, I return to the question of the kind of witnessing third that might make a difference.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at the link above |
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Israel-Palestine, recognition, acknowledgement, witnessing, nonviolence, Benjamin, Butler |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Mapping Maternal Subjectivities, Identities and Ethics (MAMSIE) |
| Depositing User: | Stephen Frosh |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2015 15:04 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:17 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/12334 |
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