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The Monopoly of Violence

I recently rereada text by Jean Genet, the preface to a bookabout the Red Amy Faction

I recently reread
a text by Jean Genet, the preface to a book
about the Red Amy Faction

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I recently reread a text by Jean Genet,
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the preface to a book about the Red Amy Faction.
Duration
9 seconds
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27
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:59
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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A group of citizens question and confront their views on the social order, and the legitimacy of the use of violent police force.
He explains that what the state and the police do is brutality, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
He explains that what the state and the police do is brutali...
He provides metaphorical examples 1 find beautiful, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
He provides metaphorical examples 1 find beautiful,
He cites the gem of wheat bursting open, splitting the frozen earth. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
He cites the gem of wheat bursting open, splitting the froze...
The tiny chick with its beak, cracking the egg - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
The tiny chick with its beak, cracking the egg
The example of human birth, of budding trees... - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
The example of human birth, of budding trees...
All of those acts that are concretely violent, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:11
All of those acts that are concretely violent,
We live in a society with very intense systemic violence: - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
We live in a society with very intense systemic violence:
It's violence through a very indirect system, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:15
It's violence through a very indirect system,
Its source is very far from the person enduring it, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:11
Its source is very far from the person enduring it,
You tend to take it internally, be subjected to it, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
You tend to take it internally, be subjected to it,
We know what it produces: somatic illness, anxiety, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
We know what it produces: somatic illness, anxiety,
That violence has to come out. It expresses constrained life forces - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
That violence has to come out. It expresses constrained life...
Rediscovering that proximity between life and violence is very important. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
Rediscovering that proximity between life and violence is ve...
Back up 50 meters or I pull the pin! - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
Back up 50 meters or I pull the pin!
Back off - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
Back off
If the state holds that monopoly, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:16
If the state holds that monopoly,
If the state loses legitimacy, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:14
If the state loses legitimacy,
In the Benalla affair, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:12
In the Benalla affair,
I filmed the event on my phone, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
I filmed the event on my phone,
It was only 2 months later, when we learned he worked for the President, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
It was only 2 months later, when we learned he worked for th...