The meaning of terrorism / C. A. J. Coady.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coady, C. A. J., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 224 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

In 'The Meaning of Terrorism', C.A.J. Coady clarifies competing and confusing definitions of terrorism, and of terrorist acts, that proliferate in specialist publications as well as in popular discourse. Coady aims to construct a concept of a terrorist act that both reflects a central core of these different understandings, which provides for a more coherent and fruitful discussion of terrorism and its moral and political significance.

Contents:

Introduction

1: Shaping a Concept of Terrorist Acts: A Clarifying Proposal

2: Further Objections: The Tactical Definition Too Broad? Too Narrow?

3: Terrorism and Its Claims to "Distinctive Significance"

4: Combatants, Non-Combatants, and the Question of Innocence

5: Justifying Terrorism: Four Attempts

6: Justifying Terrorism: Three More Attempts

7: Counter-Terrorism and Its Ethical Hazards

8: Religion, War, and Terrorism

References

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-191912-8

0-19-265069-6

OCLC:

1259320512