ISBN:
9780231547680
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (249 pages)
Serie:
New Directions in Critical Theory
Paralleltitel:
Print version Thaler, Mathias Naming Violence : A Critical Theory of Genocide, Torture, and Terrorism
DDC:
303.601
Schlagwort(e):
Political violence-Philosophy
;
Critical theory
;
Genocide-Political aspects
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Mathias Thaler articulates a novel perspective on the study of violence that demonstrates why the imagination matters for political theory. He explores how narrative art, thought experiments, and historical events can challenge and enlarge our existing ways of thinking about violence
Kurzfassung:
Intro -- Table of 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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