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AFTER CERTAINTY

book

Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?

Butler, Judith. Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? London: Verso, 2009.

Why this matters here

Butler argues that frames of war determine which lives appear grievable and which harms register as requiring response. After Certainty presses a related operational limit: interpretation can keep earning moral credit—appearing careful and open—after it has stopped changing what responsibility requires.