Law, text, terror / Ian Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Ian, 1963- author.

Series:

Law in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Terrorism.

Terrorism in literature.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 199 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The relationship between law and terrorism has re-emerged recently as a pressing issue in contemporary jurisprudence. Terrorism appears to take law to its limit, whilst the demands of counter-terrorism hold the cause of justice in contempt. At this point the case for engaging alternative intellectual approaches and resources is compelling. Ian Ward argues that through a closer appreciation of the ethical and aesthetical dimensions of terror, as well as the historical, political and cultural, we can better comprehend modern expressions and experiences of terrorism. For this reason, alongside juristic responses to modern expressions of terrorism, Law, Text, Terror examines a variety of supplementary literary texts as well as alternative intellectual approaches; from the drama of Euripides and Shakespeare, to the rhetoric and poetry of Burke and Shelley, the literary feminisms of Lessing and Rame, and the narrative existentialism of Conrad, Coetzee, Dostoevsky and DeLillo.

Contents:

Introduction : Law, text, terror

Terror and the sense sublime

Angry Jove

Voices of the terrified

Where are the women?

Stark humanity

The stuff of nightmares

Conclusion : the devil's big day.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780511626623

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