In Defence Of The Terror
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In Defence Of The Terror
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Author : Sophie Wahnich
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2012-08-07
In Defence Of The Terror written by Sophie Wahnich and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-07 with History categories.
For two hundred years after the French Revolution, the Republican tradition celebrated the execution of princes and aristocrats, defending the Terror that the Revolution inflicted upon on its enemies. But recent decades have brought a marked change in sensibility. The Revolution is no longer judged in terms of historical necessity but rather by “timeless” standards of morality. In this succinct essay, Sophie Wahnich explains how, contrary to prevailing interpretations, the institution of Terror sought to put a brake on legitimate popular violence—in Danton’s words, to “be terrible so as to spare the people the need to be so”—and was subsequently subsumed in a logic of war. The Terror was “a process welded to a regime of popular sovereignty, the only alternatives being to defeat tyranny or die for liberty.”
In Defence Of The Terror
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Author : Sophie Wahnich
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2016-01-05
In Defence Of The Terror written by Sophie Wahnich and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-05 with History categories.
For two hundred years after the French Revolution, the Republican tradition celebrated the execution of princes and aristocrats, defending the Terror that the Revolution inflicted upon on its enemies. But recent decades have brought a marked change in sensibility. The Revolution is no longer judged in terms of historical necessity but rather by “timeless” standards of morality. In this succinct essay, Sophie Wahnich explains how, contrary to prevailing interpretations, the institution of Terror sought to put a brake on legitimate popular violence—in Danton’s words, to “be terrible so as to spare the people the need to be so”—and was subsequently subsumed in a logic of war. The Terror was “a process welded to a regime of popular sovereignty, the only alternatives being to defeat tyranny or die for liberty.”
Liberty In The Age Of Terror
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Author : A. C. Grayling
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-04-05
Liberty In The Age Of Terror written by A. C. Grayling and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-05 with Political Science categories.
An impassioned defence of the civil liberties and the rule of law in the face of increasing pressure for ever greater 'security' 'A rollicking defence of Freedom and Enlightenment in the style of Tom Paine or William Godwin' Spectator 'The even-handed tone of philosophy professor AC Grayling's latest book does not lessen the intensity of its polemical content ... Grayling underlines the seriousness of today's threats to our liberties' Metro "The means of defence against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." James Madison Our societies, says Anthony Grayling, are under attack not only from the threat of terrorism, but also from our governments' attempts to fight that threat by reducing freedom in our own societies - think the 42-day detention controversy, CCTV surveillance, increasing invasion of privacy, ID Cards, not to mention Abu Ghraib, rendition, Guantanamo... As Grayling says: 'There should be a special place for political irony in the catalogues of human folly. Starting a war 'to promote freedom and democracy' could in certain though rare circumstances be a justified act; but in the case of the Second Gulf War that began in 2003, which involved reacting to criminals hiding in one country (Al Qaeda in Afghanistan or Pakistan) by invading another country (Iraq), one of the main fronts has, dismayingly, been the home front, where the War on Terror takes the form of a War on Civil Liberties in the spurious name of security. To defend 'freedom and democracy', Western governments attack and diminish freedom and democracy in their own country. By this logic, someone will eventually have to invade the US and UK to restore freedom and democracy to them.' In this lucid and timely book Grayling sets out what's at risk, engages with the arguments for and against examining the cases made by Isaiah Berlin and Ronald Dworkin on the one hand, and Roger Scruton and John Gray on the other, and finally proposes a different way to respond that makes defending the civil liberties on which western society is founded the cornerstone for defeating terrorism.
Terrorism
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Author : Charles Townshend
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
Terrorism written by Charles Townshend and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Electronic books categories.
"Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a 'war against terrorism'? In this fully updated edition, Charles Townshend unravels the questions at the heart of the problem of terrorism - its causes, methods, effects, and limitations - suggesting that it must be understood as a political strategy whose threat can be rationally grasped and answered"--Publisher's description.
The Defence Of Terrorism Terrorism And Communism
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Author : Leon Trotsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
The Defence Of Terrorism Terrorism And Communism written by Leon Trotsky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1921 with Communism categories.
In Defense Of Internment
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Author : Michelle Malkin
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-01-29
In Defense Of Internment written by Michelle Malkin and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-29 with History categories.
Everything you've been taught about the World War II "internment camps" in America is wrong: They were not created primarily because of racism or wartime hysteria They did not target only those of Japanese descent They were not Nazi-style death camps In her latest investigative tour-de-force, New York Times best-selling author Michelle Malkin sets the historical record straight-and debunks radical ethnic alarmists who distort history to undermine common-sense, national security profiling. The need for this myth-shattering book is vital. President Bush's opponents have attacked every homeland defense policy as tantamount to the "racist" and "unjustified" World War II internment. Bush's own transportation secretary, Norm Mineta, continues to milk his childhood experience at a relocation camp as an excuse to ban profiling at airports. Misguided guilt about the past continues to hamper our ability to prevent future terrorist attacks. In Defense of Internment shows that the detention of enemy aliens, and the mass evacuation and relocation of ethnic Japanese from the West Coast were not the result of irrational hatred or conspiratorial bigotry. This document-packed book highlights the vast amount of intelligence, including top-secret "MAGIC" messages, which revealed the Japanese espionage threat on the West Coast. Malkin also tells the truth about: who resided in enemy alien internment camps (nearly half were of European ancestry) what the West Coast relocation centers were really like (tens of thousands of ethnic Japanese were allowed to leave; hundreds voluntarily chose to move in) why the $1.65 billion federal reparations law for Japanese internees and evacuees was a bipartisan disaster how both Japanese American and Arab/Muslim American leaders have united to undermine America's safety With trademark fearlessness, Malkin adds desperately needed perspective to the ongoing debate about the balance between civil liberties and national security. In Defense of Internment will outrage, enlighten, and radically change the way you view the past-and the present.
Normative Transformation And The War On Terrorism
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Author : Simon Frankel Pratt
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-01-13
Normative Transformation And The War On Terrorism written by Simon Frankel Pratt and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-13 with Political Science categories.
Sociological analysis of the transformation of prohibitions on assassination, torture, and mercenaries as components of the US War on Terror.
Counter Terrorism Strategies In A Fragmented International Legal Order
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Author : Larissa J. Herik
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-18
Counter Terrorism Strategies In A Fragmented International Legal Order written by Larissa J. Herik and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with Law categories.
An exploration of the relationship between different branches of international law and their applicability to terrorism.
In Defense Of Lost Causes
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Author : Slavoj Žižek
language : en
Publisher: Verso
Release Date : 2009-10-19
In Defense Of Lost Causes written by Slavoj Žižek and has been published by Verso this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-19 with Philosophy categories.
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International Law And New Wars
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Author : Christine Chinkin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-04-27
International Law And New Wars written by Christine Chinkin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-27 with History categories.
Examines the difficulties in applying international law to recent armed conflicts known as 'new wars'.