Freedom with Violence: Race, Sexuality, and the US State

Freedom with Violence: Race, Sexuality, and the US State

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In Freedom with Violence, Chandan Reddy develops a new paradigm for understanding race, sexuality, and national citizenship. He examines a crucial contradiction at the heart of modernity: the nation-state’s claim to provide freedom from violence depends on its systematic deployment of violence against peoples perceived as nonnormative and irrational. Reddy argues that the...more
Paperback, 303 pages
Published October 21st 2011 by Duke University Press Books (first published October 1st 2011)
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