Political Violence : Historical, Philosophical and Theological Perspectives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pöykkö, Panu-Matti., author.

Contributor:

Slotte Russo, Pamela.

Salo, Viljami.

Series:

Helsinki Yearbook of Intellectual History Series

Helsinki Yearbook of Intellectual History Series ; v.4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.

Summary:

This edited volume examines the multifaceted phenomenon of political violence through historical, philosophical, and theological perspectives. Originating from a 2022 conference hosted by the University of Helsinki's Center of Excellence in Law, Identity, and the European Narratives, the book explores the complexities of political violence in shaping European identity. It addresses key questions, such as what constitutes political violence, its justifications, and the actors involved, while drawing on disciplines like political science, law, history, philosophy, and theology. The volume is divided into four sections, covering topics like enmity, just war, totalitarian violence, and the interplay between violence and human rights. This scholarly work provides critical insights into the intellectual, historical, and moral dimensions of political violence, offering tools to understand its enduring presence and impact. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Contents

Introduction

I

Between intimacy and abyss: Early modern European ideas on enmity in civil war

Totalitarian violence and the rise of human dignity after the Second World War: European legal history as a vision of dignity

Fratelli tutti and the Christian just war tradition

II

Political nonviolence and self-defense: Reconsidering Martin Luther King Jr.

Violence in self-determination conflicts: Exploring the zone of exception in international law

Nonviolent political skepticism in the first half of the European twentieth century: Bertrand Russell, Karl Popper and Michael Oakeshott

III

Exceptions (to exceptions) and decisions (about decisions) in Søren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling and Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology

On the axiomatics of death, violence, and sovereignty: Baruch Spinoza’s shadows in twentieth century political theory

A sovereign illusion: On the political theology of border walling

On (not) breaking the wheel of violence: A critique of Herbert Marcuse

IV

Albert Camus’s political antitheodicy

A conservative justification for the political violence of the French Revolution?

Can a revolution be successful without political violence? Benjamin Constant’s account of legitimacy in the beginning of nineteenth century

Contributors

Bibliography

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ISBN:

9783110990645

3110990644

OCLC:

1503842766