When, if ever, is violence justified?

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• In the Bedroom film by Todd Fields

  A haunting, emotionally charged film set in a quiet Maine town, In the Bedroom explores the limits of grief, justice, and restraint after a family's devastating loss. As tensions rise and the legal system disappoints, the film poses a difficult question: when the structures meant to protect us fail, what choices remain?

  
  

• "Critique of Violence" essay by Walter Benjamin

  In this provocative essay, philosopher Walter Benjamin challenges conventional understandings of violence. He distinguishes between violence used to uphold the law and violence that seeks to break or transcend it. Benjamin's reflections push us to consider the deeper meanings behind force, justice, and the legitimacy of state power.

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