Jennifer Kling is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her research focuses on moral and political philosophy, particularly issues in war and peace, self- and other-defense, international relations, and feminism. She is the author of articles in Journal of Global Ethics and The Routledge Book of Pacifism and Nonviolence, and is the editor of Pacifism, Politics, and Feminism: Intersections and Innovations (Brill, forthcoming). She is currently working on a book project entitled War Refugees: Risk, Justice, and Moral Responsibility (under contract with Lexington Books).

Preface

1. A Brief (Philosophical) History of Protest and Liberalism

I. Common Liberal Categories of Resistance and Protest

II. Pressing the Liberal Tradition

III. Moving Forward: Reimagining Liberalism

2. Bottles and Bricks: Rethinking the Prohibition against Violent Protest

I. The Conceptual Argument

II. Moral Considerations

III. Pragmatic Considerations

3. (Re)Considering Violence

I. An Ordinary Conception of Violence

I.a. Subjectivity and Ideology

II. Challenging an Ordinary Conception

II.a. Violence as a Rights Violation

II.b. Structural Violence

II.c. Violence as a Violation of Integrity

III. Return to Milkshaking

4. Violence as Persuasive Political Communication

I. Progressing Towards Justice

II. A Commitment to the Political

III. Interpersonal Violence as Moral and Political Suasion

5. Responsibility and Accountability: Permission for Violent Protest

I. The Political Responsibility to Oppose Injustice

II. The Nature of the Political Responsibility to Protest

III. Evaluating Protest from a Moral and Political Perspective

6. Attitudes and Actions: The Responsibilities of Protestors

I. Analysis of the Communicative Context

I.a. Dialogic Constraints on ProtestI.a.a. Prioritizing the Local

1.a.b. A Duty to Communicate with Each Other

II. Protecting the Vulnerable

III. Self-Respect and Violence

7. Protest and Revolution: Drawing Difficult Lines

I. The Traditional Distinction Between Revolution and Protest

II. Some Problems with the Traditional Account

III. A Way Forward

IV. Gradients, Not Bright Lines

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

Rather than looking at protest in an ideal case, this book looks at how protest is actually practiced and argues that suitably constrained violent political protest is sometimes justified.