From hate to political solidarity: The art of responsibility

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Abstract

Hate is currently enjoying the status of summum malum within the common sense of constitutional democracies. Hateful acts are criminalised and hate speech tests the limits of our commitment to free expression. This paper shifts focus away from hate speech and crime and towards the structural conditions that normalise various verbal and physical forms of violence. Building on insights from feminist and race critical theory and the sociology of power it points the reader’s attention to three important dimensions of structural violence only partially captured by the legal definitions hate speech and crime: the linguistic, the emotional and the embodied. It then sketches a proposal about the forms of political solidarity we should stimulate as prophylaxis against hate and argues that certain artworks can reveal and confront the naturalised social, political and cultural hierarchies that underprop – and sometimes erupt in – hate speech and acts. A case study serves as illustration.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHate, Politics, Law
Subtitle of host publicationCritical Perspectives on Combating Hate
EditorsThomas Brudholm, Birgitte Schepelern Johansen
PublisherOxford University Press
Chapter9
ISBN (Print)9780190465544
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2018

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • hate speech
  • hate crime
  • oppression
  • feminism
  • solidarity
  • artworks

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