Symbolic and physical violence reinforce each other as sovereign marking
Evidence
Price-Tag activities sear the consciousness of Palestinians with perpetual existential fear. Perhaps the most striking feature of the Price-Tag movement’s activity is the parallel between the marking of Palestinian spaces with anti-Arab threats and religious Jewish imagery and the more literal marking of Palestinian bodies through acts of physical violence. The two forms of violence – the symbolic and the real – maintain a mutually productive relationship. The constant interplay is central to the logic of the Price-Tag movement’s purification project. Without condemnation or repercussion, these symbolic acts transition fluidly to realities of loss and death. The Price-Tag threats, slogans, and destruction of property are themselves a reminder to Palestinians of the enduring possibility of death and eradication from the land. These actions reinforce the limitations placed on Palestinians within oEJ, regulating Palestinians to spaces or uninhabitable zones, where they constantly fear for their lives. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1044
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Violence is force that marks and transforms its object — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1817; Legitimacy and force co-vary through symbolic mediation, not inverse proportion — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 718; Legitimacy and physical force are symbolically interlinked, not opposites — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 717 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Legitimacy and physical force are symbolically interlinked, not opposites
#corroborates(0.92) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 717 - Violence is force that marks and transforms its object
#expands(0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1817 - Legitimacy and force co-vary through symbolic mediation, not inverse proportion
#corroborates(0.85) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 718 - Physical force mediates power’s symbolic and organic levels, differentiating political power
#expands(0.78)