Description
Can violent resistance ever be justified as a means of protest? Brought to the fore of national consciousness by protest movements such as Black Lives Matter, as well as the January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol, questions around the ethics of uncivil unrest urgently call for a wider scholarly examination and debate. In this volume, editors Candice Delmas and Avia Pasternak bring together a collection of cutting-edge perspectives on the ethics of uncivil protest and resistance. The contributions in this book challenge the dominant consensus in liberal politics and philosophy that the only permissible form of illegal protest in democratic states is civil disobedience. The contributors argue instead that the distinction between civil and uncivil protest is far less rigid than was previously thought. The book explores the meaning of civility and incivility, as well as related concepts like power, resistance, activism, and legitimacy. The contributors draw new conceptual distinctions and offer new and bold defences of uncivil forms of protest, from rioting to prison escapes and revolutionary movements. Overall, the volume establishes uncivil protest as an important new area of study and presents new questions and new answers to these complex challenges.
Table of Contents
The Ethics of Uncivil Protest and Resistance: Introduction: From Civil to Uncivil Disobedience, Candice Delmas andAvia Pasternak1. What Does It Mean To Be "Civil" or "Uncivil"? Mapping Conscientious, Communicative Rule-Breaking, Temi Ogunye2. Uncivil Activism and Democratic Legitimacy, Cristina Lafont3. Breaking Silences: Public Kissing and Other Things To Do When Protest Must Be Uncivil, José Medina4. Equivocal Resistance: Challenging the Colonial Apprehension of Indigenous Political Resistance, Yann Allard-Tremblay5. Uncivil (Nonviolent) Protest, Communal Participation, and Non-Participation in Steve Biko's Ethics of Just Struggle, E.niggolá Soyemi6. Justly Preventing Official Injustice, Daniel Viehoff7. The Ethics of Prison Breaks, Jeffrey Howard8. Political Resistance and Property Damage, Chong-Ming Lim9. "It's Good to Do Something with Your Rage": Violent Protests and Epistemic Injustice, Avia Pasternak
