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Naming violence : a critical theory of genocide, torture, and terrorism / Mathias Thaler.
LIBRA JC328.6 .T54 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thaler, Mathias, author.
- Series:
- New directions in critical theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political violence--Philosophy.
- Political violence.
- Critical theory.
- Genocide--Political aspects.
- Genocide.
- Torture--Political aspects.
- Torture.
- Terrorism--Political aspects.
- Terrorism.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- x, 236 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231188142
- 0231188145
- OCLC:
- 1035775814
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