Brad Evans

Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist, and writer, who specializes on the problem of violence. He is author of over 17 books and edited volumes, including most recently Ecce Humanitas: Beholding the Pain of Humanity (2021) and Conversations on Violence: An Anthology (with Adrian Parr, 2021). He leads the Los Angeles Review of Books “Histories of Violence” section.

Articles

Histories of Violence: Slavery in America
Brad Evans speaks with Ana Lucia Araujo, author of “Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade.” A conversation in the “Histories of Violence” series....
Brad EvansDec 23, 2019
- History
Histories of Violence: Violence Is Freedom
Brad Evans speaks with Roy Scranton, whose latest books are “Total Mobilization: World War II and American Literature” and “I Heart Oklahoma!”...
Brad EvansNov 4, 2019
Histories of Violence: The Ghosts of Civilized Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, co-editor, with Slavoj Žižek, of “The Idea of Communism 3: The Seoul Conference.”...
Brad EvansOct 7, 2019
- Politics and Economics
- Translation
Histories of Violence: Life in Zones of Abandonment: A Time to Break the Spectacle of Ignorance and Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Henry A. Giroux, author of “The Terror of the Unforeseen.” A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series....
Brad EvansAug 5, 2019
- Philosophy
- Politics and Economics
Histories of Violence: What Does an Anti-Fascist Life Actually Feel Like?
Brad Evans talks to Natasha Lennard, author of “Being Numerous: Essays on a Non-Fascist Life.” A conversation in the "Histories of Violence" series....
Brad EvansJul 1, 2019
- Politics and Economics
Histories of Violence: Thinking Art in a Decolonial Way
Brad Evans speaks with Lewis R. Gordon, author of “What Fanon Said.” A conversation in Brad Evans’s "Histories of Violence" series....
Brad EvansJun 3, 2019
- Art
The Violence of the Algorithm
Brad Evans speaks with Davide Panagia, author of “Ten Theses for an Aesthetics of Politics.” A conversation in Brad Evans’s Histories of Violence series....
Brad EvansMay 6, 2019
- Science & Technology
Histories of Violence: The Tragedy of Existence
Brad Evans speaks with Simon Critchley, author of “Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us.” A conversation in Brad Evans’s Histories of Violence series....
Brad EvansApr 22, 2019
Histories of Violence: When Art Is Born of Resistance
Brad Evans speaks with American artist Martha Rosler. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series....
Brad EvansFeb 4, 2019
- Art
Histories of Violence: The Expulsion of Humanity
Brad Evans speaks with Columbia University professor of sociology Saskia Sassen. A conversation in Brad Evans’s "Histories of Violence" series....
Brad EvansJan 7, 2019
The Death of Humanitarianism
Brad Evans speaks with Mark Duffield, author of “Post-Humanitarianism.” A conversation in the “Histories of Violence” series....
Brad EvansNov 26, 2018
- Philosophy
The Intimate Witness: Art and the Disappeared of History
Brad Evans speaks with Chantal Meza, a Mexico-based painter and sculptor. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series....
Brad EvansOct 22, 2018
- Art