Naming violence : a critical theory of genocide, torture, and terrorism /

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In Naming Violence, Mathias Thaler articulates a novel perspective on the study of violence that demonstrates why the imagination matters for political theory. His analysis of the politics of naming charts a middle ground between moralism and realism, arguing that political theory ought to question...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:JC328.6 T5.24
Autor principal: Thaler, Mathias (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018].
Colección:New directions in critical theory
Temas:
Political violence > Philosophy
Violencia política > Filosofía
Genocide > Political aspects
Genocidio > Aspectos políticos
Torture > Political aspects
Tortura > Aspectos políticos
Terrorism > Political aspects
Terrorismo > Aspectos políticos
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Political theory between moralism and realism.
  • 2. Telling stories : on art's role in dispelling genocide blindness.
  • 3. How to do things with hypotheticals : assessing thought experiments about torture.
  • 4. Genealogy as critique : problematizing definitions of terrorism.
  • 5. Conceptual tapestry of political violence.

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