The Violence of Stasis: An Introduction
Abstract
This chapter surveys existing scholarship on the violence of stasis and outlines my approach to examining the types and (especially) the amounts of violence that stasis typically involved. Next, it introduces 14 types of violence that are characteristic of stasis: for example, surprise attacks, betrayals (prodosiai), and mass executions. Finally, it divides staseis into three broad categories vis-à-vis the types of violence they involved, elucidates these categories, and discusses their relation to each other.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy
Memory
Trauma
and Commemoration
Political Theology and Sovereignty
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 207–221
- Publication date
- 5 January 2026
- Document type
- Book chapter