The politics-violence frontier
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6292836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Frazer (0000-0002-8001-3244, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Kimberly Hutchings (0000-0003-3027-7337, University of Oxford) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 229-247 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Ideologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9317 • E-ISSN: 1469-9613 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569317.2020.1773062 |
| OpenAlex | W3037067608 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article analyses how early twenty-first century political activists in Italy construct the frontier between politics and violence. It puts these constructions into the context of more conventionally theoretical accounts of violence and politics. Analysis of internet discourse published by left/anarchist bloggers and group members focusses on how activists criticize the conventional view that electoral politics is non-violent, and endorse the view that violence is politics’ main means. This means that the role of violence in oppositional politics then has to be negotiated. Discourse analysis shows how ideas of resistance, and anti-state force, are articulated in such a way as to draw distinctions between us and them, and their politics and ours. The article discusses the significance of these articulations of the politics-violence distinction for the construction of political agency, and for the justification of forms of political action, seeking to show that boundary work is fundamental to political agency
Agency (philosophy · Construct (python library · Context (archaeology · Frontier · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Gender Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |