Women and Violence The Agency of Victims and Perpetrators [Hardcover]

This edited collection explores the agency of women who do violence and have violence done to them. Topics covered include rape, pornography, prostitution, suicide bombing and domestic violence. The volume contributes to the philosophical and theoretical debate, as well as offering practical, social and political responses to the issues examined.

This exciting volume explores the many facets of women and violence. The authors address a range of important topics including rape, prostitution, self-harm, pornography, suicide bombing, and birth, and theorise them using a range of philosophical concepts. Issues of agency, consent, coercion, victimhood and autonomy recur throughout the book, such that the reader gains a rich insight not only into various types of gendered violence but also into the concepts that are needed to understand them philosophically. This collection is essential reading for students and researchers interested in all aspects of feminism in particular, and political philosophy in general. - Clare Chambers, University of Cambridge, UK

This is a very stimulating collection of essays, written with admirable clarity and confidence by leading thinkers in this field. The essays cover diverse perspectives, drawing from philosophy, politics, sociology, law, and international relations. The volume is at the forefront of current thinking about women and violence, both theoretically and politically. On the theoretical side, the essays make important interventions into debates about the nature of violence, victimhood and vulnerability, agency and autonomy. On the political side, the essays address issues of urgent practical concern: pornography, prostitution, rape, domestic violence, and suicide bombing. The volume will be essential reading for academics and students lã·