{"product_id":"the-responsibility-to-disrupt-nonviolent-ethics-and-the-power-of-protest-paperback","title":"The Responsibility to Disrupt: Nonviolent Ethics and the Power of Protest - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarkus Holdo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClimate activists are jailed for blocking roads. Students are denounced for setting up encampments. Antiracist demonstrators are publicly condemned as extremists. At a time marked by climate collapse, genocidal wars and widening inequality, those who interrupt business as usual are increasingly criminalized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Responsibility to Disrupt examines controversies surrounding political protest and asks what the backlash against disruption reveals about democracy today. Drawing on Hannah Arendt's reflections on political questioning, this book engages classic defenders of order such as Niccoló Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes alongside contemporary thinkers including Angela Davis, Clarissa Hayward, and Jacques Rancière. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through political theory and real-world cases, the book explores nonviolent disruption as a shared democratic practice and invites readers to consider what a genuinely democratic response to protest might entail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarkus Holdo is Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. His research focuses on democracy, protest, and ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56436621639985,"sku":"9781529256307","price":28.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/40T9ExqI-E9781529256307.webp?v=1790175127","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/the-responsibility-to-disrupt-nonviolent-ethics-and-the-power-of-protest-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}