Politics, Polarity, and Peace (Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy of Peace, 386)

Front Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part 1 Deconstructing Polarity
	Chapter 1 Uncivil Obedience: a Method for (Potentially) Decreasing Political Polarization
		1 A More Precise Conceptualization
		2 Incivility: Malice?
		3 Two Communicative Characteristics of Uncivil Obedience
		4 The Potential for Decreasing Polarization
		5 Conclusion: a Possible Program of Research and Action
		References
	Chapter 2 At Peace, with Polarity: Left Cynicism, Cheekiness, and Satire
		1 Introduction
		2 Cynicism
		3 Left Cynicism
		4 Cheekiness
		5 African American Racial Satire
		6 A Critique of Cheekiness
		7 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 3 Democracy and Partisanship
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		References
	Chapter 4 De-polarization, Nonviolent Agonism, and the Anarchy of Difference
		1 The Beloved Community and the Impossible Community
		2 Polarization vs. Diversity
		3 The Violence of Polarization and the Complexity of Conflict
		4 Agon vs. Polemos
		5 Agonistic Political Theory
		6 Conclusion
		References
Part 2 Issues in Contemporary Liberal and Moral Theory
	Chapter 5 Democracy, the Carceral State, and the Carceral Ethos: toward a Discourse Democratic Critique of the American Criminal Justice System
		1 Introduction
		2 Critical Theories of Punishment and Discourse Democratic Theory
		3 The Carceral State and the Carceral Ethos
			3.1 Formal Institutions: Political Inequality and the Carceral State
			3.2 Informal Politics: the Carceral Ethos
				3.2.1 Security versus Democratic Legitimacy
				3.2.2 Undermining Citizenship
				3.2.3 Blame and “Civil Death”
		4 Towards the Discourse Theoretic Critique of the Carceral State and Carceral Ethos
			4.1 Formal Legal Changes
			4.2 Discourse Democratic Ethos
				4.2.1 Against the Inverted Carceral Ethos
				4.2.2 A Genuine Discourse Democratic Ethos
		5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 6 Security, Education, Public Opinion, and Truth  Invoking Mill’s Utilitarianism as a Guide to Sustainable Peacemaking in a Fragmented and Frightened World
		1 Introduction
		2 Mill Still Speaks to Freedom, Justice, and Community
			2.1 Mill, Truth, and the Common Good
			2.2 Mill, Politics, and Freedom
			2.3 Mill, Polarity, and Justice
			2.4 Mill, Peace, and Community
			2.5 A Millian Security Approach to Politics, Polarity, and Peace
		3 Millian Security Principle 1: Threat: Security Protects against a Vital, Existential Threat
		4 Millian Security Principle 2: Safety & Stability: Security Preserves Safety and Stability
		5 Millian Security Principle 3: Justice: Security Promotes Justice
		6 Millian Security Principle 4: Community: Security Produces Community
		7 Millian Security Principle 5: Utility: Security Practices Utility
			7.1 Towards a Millian Peacemaking Discourse
		References
	Chapter 7 Our Hazardous Polarized World: Exploring the Viciousness of Non-responsive Wrongdoing
		1 Polarity’s Hazardous Society
		2 The Character-Based Difference4
		3 Polarization and Letting Die
		4 Some Further Theoretical Grounding
		5 Practical Concerns and Suggestions
		References
Part 3 Language
	Chapter 8 Hate Speech as Antithetical to Free Speech: the Real Polarity
		References
	Chapter 9 Accounting for Moral and Epistemic Culpability in the Contemporary Discourse of Racism
		1 Context and Motivation
		2 Several Points of Clarification
		3 Getting to the Point
		4 Why This Distinction Matters
		5 Limitations and Further Considerations
		6 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 10 How Pejorative Language Encourages Physical Violence
		1 From Pejorative Language to Physical Violence
		2 Dangers of Words with Negative Associations: Stanley’s Non-ideal Philosophy of Language
			2.1 “Beware of ‘Snakes,’ ‘Invaders’ and Other Fighting Words”: Language and Polarity
			2.2 “Language as a Mechanism of Control”: Negative and Violent Impact of Propaganda
			2.3 “Towards a Non-ideal Philosophy of Language”: Making Analysis Critical
		3 Dangers of Derogatory Terms and Toxic Speech: Tirrell’s Application of the Later Wittgenstein
			3.1 “Derogatory Terms” and the Absolutist versus Reclaimer Debate
			3.2 “Genocidal Language Games” and the Facilitation of Massive Legal Violence
			3.3 “Toxic Speech” and the Application of Linguistic Epidemiology
				3.3.1 Tirrell’s “Toward an Epidemiology of Discursive Harm”
				3.3.2 Tirrell’s “Inoculations and Antidotes”
		4 Intersectionality and Countering Pejorative Language Turning to Physical Violence
		References
	Chapter 11 The Healing Power of Awareness: Nonviolence in Thought, Word, and Deed
		1 Introduction
		2 Overview of Nonviolent Methods
			2.1 Nonviolent Resistance
			2.2 The Socratic Method
			2.3 Nonviolent Communication
			2.4 Mindful Transformation of Feelings
			2.5 Aside on Nonviolent Speech
		3 Becoming Aware of Attitudes
			3.1 Which Attitudes?
			3.2 Investigating, Expressing, and Drawing Out
		4 How Awareness Leads to Conflict Resolution
			4.1 Features of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
			4.2 The Healing Power of Awareness
			4.3 Why Awareness Works
		5 Summary
		References
	Chapter 12 The Deadliness of Doing: Agamben, Oakeshott, and Withdrawing from Activity
		1 Modal Political Ontology as the Response to Activity
		2 Critiquing our Concept of Activity: Economy and Work
		3 Finding a Way out of Activity: Inoperativity and Play
		4 An Elevated Definition of Conversation
		5 The Distortion of Conversation by Economy or Work
		6 Withdrawing from Economy through Inoperative Conversations
		7 Imagining a Form of Life and Peace
		References
Index
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