Naming Violence : A Critical Theory of Genocide, Torture, and Terrorism /

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Much is at stake when we choose a word for a form of violence: whether a conflict is labeled civil war or genocide, whether we refer to "enhanced interrogation techniques" or to "torture," whether a person is called a "terrorist" or a "patriot." Do these decis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thaler, Mathias (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Colección:New Directions in Critical Theory ; 52
Temas:
Critical theory.
Genocide > Political aspects.
Political violence > Philosophy.
Terrorism > Political aspects.
Torture > Political aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 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. THE CONCEPTUAL TAPESTRY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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