Articles by Brad Evans and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

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When Law Is Not Justice
Brad Evans and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak – The New York Times, 18 Jul 2016

“Reasonable” versus “unreasonable” violence: When dealing with violence deemed unreasonable, the dominating groups demonize violent responses, saying that “those other people are just like that,” not just that they are worth less, but also that they are essentially evil, essentially criminal or essentially have a religion that is prone to killing. And yet, on the other side, state-legitimized violence, considered “reasonable” by many, is altogether more frightening.

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