ISBN:
9780231547680
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (249 pages)
Series Statement:
New Directions in Critical Theory
Parallel Title:
Print version Thaler, Mathias Naming Violence : A Critical Theory of Genocide, Torture, and Terrorism
DDC:
303.601
Keywords:
Political violence-Philosophy
;
Critical theory
;
Genocide-Political aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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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