Violence, mourning and politics
Violence, mourning and politics / Judith Butler
As depressing as the essay is, it seems to be trying to represent reality, especially as of right now. The author goes off explaining the relativity between "I" and "You", suggesting that we don't exist without the "other". If one goes missing, we find that the other does too.
She tries to define certain topics, especially grief, saying it's something that defines us as individuals, "depoliticizing" us as well. It is in a sense true, but in other ways it brings us together as a whole, and that is what she means when she is relating everything.
An interesting quote/topic she goes into, "Consitituted as a social phenomenon in the public sphere, my body is and ia not mine." Our physical bodies are indeed public, and we often have issues regarding this, although it is not necessarily to her extent.
Security and politics is another subject she goes into, explaining the security change in the US since 9/11, how first world populations has felt a "loss" in security, they no longer feel invinsible and protected. It is the case with most people, and quite an obvious fact.
She ends with "You are what I gain through this disorientation and loss", which seems to be one of the most important lines in the text, after all, we are all in this.
As depressing as the essay is, it seems to be trying to represent reality, especially as of right now. The author goes off explaining the relativity between "I" and "You", suggesting that we don't exist without the "other". If one goes missing, we find that the other does too.
She tries to define certain topics, especially grief, saying it's something that defines us as individuals, "depoliticizing" us as well. It is in a sense true, but in other ways it brings us together as a whole, and that is what she means when she is relating everything.
An interesting quote/topic she goes into, "Consitituted as a social phenomenon in the public sphere, my body is and ia not mine." Our physical bodies are indeed public, and we often have issues regarding this, although it is not necessarily to her extent.
Security and politics is another subject she goes into, explaining the security change in the US since 9/11, how first world populations has felt a "loss" in security, they no longer feel invinsible and protected. It is the case with most people, and quite an obvious fact.
She ends with "You are what I gain through this disorientation and loss", which seems to be one of the most important lines in the text, after all, we are all in this.
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