In this episode Dinesh Wadiwel discusses how violence is an important concept in political theory. He outlines how violence can be intersubjective, structural, or epistemic. He delves into how violence and coercion are tools used to try and achieve domination and that there is a political imperative to call violence what it is. Date Recorded: 25 September 2023. Dinesh Joseph Wadiwel is Associate Professor in human rights and socio-legal studies at University of Sydney. He is author of Animals and Capital (Ediburgh UP, 2023), The War against Animals (Brill, 2015) and is co-editor, with Matthew Chrulew of Foucault and Animals (Brill 2017). He is also co-editor of Animals in the Anthropocene: Critical Perspectives on Non-Human Futures (Sydney UP). He is a member of the Multispecies Justice research group at the University of Sydney, and Chair of the Australasian Animal Studies Association () . In addition, Dinesh is a disability rights researcher, and has recently been part of a team of researchers who have produced two reports for the Australian Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Learn more about Dinesh here. () Featured: • Australasian Animal Studies Association () • The War against Animals ( by Dinesh Joseph Wadiwel • Animals and Capital () by Dinesh Joseph Wadiwel • The Beast and the Sovereign () by Jacques Derrida • Justice and the Politics of Difference () by Iris Marion Young • Foucault and Animals ( edited by Matthew Chrulew and Dinesh Joseph Wadiwel Animal Highlight: European Wild Cat The Animal Turn is part of the iROAR () , an Animals Podcasting Network and can also be found on () , Twitter () , and Instagram () Thank you to Animals in Phi Send us a message () The Animal turn is a nominee in the 2024 Women in Podcasting Awards. Vote for The Animal Turn in the Society and Culture Podcasts Category. You can vote between 1 August - 1 October 2024. Vote here: Women in Podcasting Awards () The Women in Podcasting Awards is a people's choice awards. () Animals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the Show. () The Animal Turn is hosted and produced by Claudia Hirtenfelder and is part of iROAR () Network. Find out more on our website. ()
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