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

Remembering the 43
Brad Evans remembers the 43 students killed in Iguala, Guerrero state, Mexico, three years ago.
Brad EvansSep 9, 2017
Histories of Violence: Violence to Thought
Brad Evans interviews David Theo Goldberg. A conversation in Brad Evans’s "Histories of Violence" series.
Brad EvansJul 10, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
Histories of Violence: Landscapes of Violence
Brad Evans speaks with John Akomfrah. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansJun 5, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
Why We Should All Read Alice in Wonderland Right Now
Why We Should All Read "Alice in Wonderland" Right Now
Brad EvansMay 28, 2017
Literary Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Tom McCarthy. A conversation in Brad Evans’s "Histories of Violence" series.
Brad EvansMay 8, 2017
- Histories of Violence
Songs in the Key of Revolution
Brad Evans talks to Neo Muyanga, a South African composer, musician, and cultural activist.
Brad EvansMar 27, 2017
- Histories of Violence
- Music
To Feel the World’s Pain and Its Beauty
Brad Evans talks to Bracha L. Ettinger in the latest installment of his "Histories of Violence" series.
Brad EvansFeb 27, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
Violence Is Our Present Condition: Alfredo Jaar
Brad EvansFeb 6, 2017
- Histories of Violence
Confronting the Intolerable
Brad Evans talks to artist Gottfried Helnwein for the "Histories of Violence" series.
Brad EvansJan 23, 2017
Violence: The Director’s Eye
Brad Evans talks to director Oliver Stone for the first part of the "Histories of Violence" series.
Brad EvansJan 23, 2017
Gilles Deleuze: The Event of Life
A roundtable on the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze on the 20th anniversary of his death.
Brad EvansNov 8, 2015
- Philosophy & Religion
Facing the Intolerable
Jacques Rancière and how a new politics of aesthetics disrupts the way we reduce violence into mediated forms.
Brad EvansNov 11, 2014
- Philosophy & Religion