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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thaler, Mathias (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Series:New directions in critical theory.
Subjects:
Political violence > Philosophy.
Critical theory.
Genocide > Political aspects.
Torture > Political aspects.
Terrorism > Political aspects.
Violence politique > Philosophie.
Théorie critique.
Terrorisme > Aspect politique.
critical theories (dialectical critiques)
critical theory (sociological concept)
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Critical theory
Genocide > Political aspects
Terrorism > Political aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Political theory between moralism and realism
  • Telling stories : on art's role in dispelling genocide blindness
  • How to do things with hypotheticals : assessing thought experiments about torture
  • Genealogy as critique : problematizing definitions of terrorism
  • The conceptual tapestry of political violence.

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