Caste and Ungrievable Lives: A Conversation Ethical and Clinical

Adrienne Harris references two important books from 2020, Isabel Wilkerson's Caste, and Judith Butler's The Power of Nonviolence. Here we bring them into conversation, comparing Wilkerson's reframing of systemic racism as a rigid caste system with Butler's advocacy of radical equ...

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Published in:Psychoanalytic inquiry 2021-08, Vol.41 (6), p.426-430
Main Author: Orange, Donna M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
Butler, Judith
Caste
Equality
Nonviolence
purity
Systemic racism
ungrievability
violence
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Summary:Adrienne Harris references two important books from 2020, Isabel Wilkerson's Caste, and Judith Butler's The Power of Nonviolence. Here we bring them into conversation, comparing Wilkerson's reframing of systemic racism as a rigid caste system with Butler's advocacy of radical equality imagined as antidote to assumptions and practices that perpetuate abandoning lives considered ungrievable.
ISSN:0735-1690
1940-9133
DOI:10.1080/07351690.2021.1944785