title: Precarious Life: The Power of Mourning and Violence
author:  Judith Butler 
description: &ldquo;A book that shines with the splendor of engaged thought.&rdquo;&#8212;<i>Brooklyn Rail</i><br><br>&ldquo;Hers is a unique voice f courage and conceptual ambition that addresses public life from the perspective of psychic reality, encouraging us to acknowledge the solidarity and the suffering through which we emerge as subjects of freedom.&rdquo;&#8212;Homi K. Bhabha <br><br>&ldquo;If <i>Precarious Life</i> represents a departure from the subject of gender, it&rsquo;s clear that its author is still interested in stirring up trouble&#8212;academic, political and otherwise.&rdquo;&#8212;<i>Bookforum</i><br><br>&ldquo;If we are interested in arresting cycles of violence to produce less violent outcomes, it is no doubt important to ask what, politically, might be made of grief besides a cry for war.&rdquo;&#8212;Judith Butler<br><br>&ldquo;One of Butler&rsquo;s most topical and accessible books.&rdquo;&#8212;<i>Women&rsquo;s Review of Books</i>
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  Copyright
  
  This is a work of fiction. Any references to real people, living or dead, real
  events, businesses, organisations and localities are intended only to give the
  fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. All names, characters, places and
  incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is
  entirely coincidental. The only exceptions to this are the characters Allan
  Doig, Danielle Smith, and Kim Fraser who the author has been authorised to
  fictionalise and include within this volume. All behaviour, history, and
  character traits assigned to their fictional representations have been
  designed to serve the needs of the narrative and do not necessarily bear any
  resemblance to the real person.
  
  The quotation ‘Heav’n has no rage…’ is from William Congreve’s _The Mourning
  Bride_ , published in 1697.
  
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