Kurzfassung

we propose to investigate contemporary configurations of violation as protection. We ask how and in which contexts acts of violence are conceptualized as protective ones - in such a way that the persons or structures to be protected are themselves violated. Examples of protective violence are shaped in everyday practices, such as the prominent debate on vaccinations for children and adults, which has become particular pertinent in the current Covid-19 pandemic. This intervention can be...we propose to investigate contemporary configurations of violation as protection. We ask how and in which contexts acts of violence are conceptualized as protective ones - in such a way that the persons or structures to be protected are themselves violated. Examples of protective violence are shaped in everyday practices, such as the prominent debate on vaccinations for children and adults, which has become particular pertinent in the current Covid-19 pandemic. This intervention can be understood - as it is by those opposing vaccinations - as a violation; yet, vaccinations are widely accepted as protection. Similar configurations can be found, for instance, in debates on surveillance, education, or medical and institutional care. Moreover, configurations of protective violence are in vogue in fictional media, for instance where dystopian genres depict collapsing and dissolved orders. Working from contemporary case studies, we suggest to analyse the concepts of protection that are effective in each case, as well as the implied norms and subject positions.
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