Politics Philosophy Terror
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Politics Philosophy Terror
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Author : Dana Villa
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1999-08-30
Politics Philosophy Terror written by Dana Villa and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-30 with Philosophy categories.
Hannah Arendt's rich and varied political thought is more influential today than ever before, due in part to the collapse of communism and the need for ideas that move beyond the old ideologies of the Cold War. As Dana Villa shows, however, Arendt's thought is often poorly understood, both because of its complexity and because her fame has made it easy for critics to write about what she is reputed to have said rather than what she actually wrote. Villa sets out to change that here, explaining clearly, carefully, and forcefully Arendt's major contributions to our understanding of politics, modernity, and the nature of political evil in our century. Villa begins by focusing on some of the most controversial aspects of Arendt's political thought. He shows that Arendt's famous idea of the banality of evil--inspired by the trial of Adolf Eichmann--does not, as some have maintained, lessen the guilt of war criminals by suggesting that they are mere cogs in a bureaucratic machine. He examines what she meant when she wrote that terror was the essence of totalitarianism, explaining that she believed Nazi and Soviet terror served above all to reinforce the totalitarian idea that humans are expendable units, subordinate to the all-determining laws of Nature or History. Villa clarifies the personal and philosophical relationship between Arendt and Heidegger, showing how her work drew on his thought while providing a firm repudiation of Heidegger's political idiocy under the Nazis. Less controversially, but as importantly, Villa also engages with Arendt's ideas about the relationship between political thought and political action. He explores her views about the roles of theatricality, philosophical reflection, and public-spiritedness in political life. And he explores what relationship, if any, Arendt saw between totalitarianism and the "great tradition" of Western political thought. Throughout, Villa shows how Arendt's ideas illuminate contemporary debates about the nature of modernity and democracy and how they deepen our understanding of philosophers ranging from Socrates and Plato to Habermas and Leo Strauss. Direct, lucid, and powerfully argued, this is a much-needed analysis of the central ideas of one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth century.
Politics Philosophy Terror
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Author : Dana R Villa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-01-01
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Politics Philosophy And Terror
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Author : Dana R. Villa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-06-01
Politics Philosophy And Terror written by Dana R. Villa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-01 with categories.
Between Terror And Freedom
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Author : Simona Goi
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2006
Between Terror And Freedom written by Simona Goi and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Law categories.
In this volume, Simona Goi and Frederick M. Dolan gather stimulating arguments for the indispensability of fiction--including poetry, drama, and film--as irreplaceable sites for wrestling with nature, meaning, shortcomings, and the future of modern politics. Between Terror and Freedom brings to the surface an understanding of modernity as a multifaceted and dynamic narrative as it relates to politics, philosophy, and fiction. Collecting essays across fields, Goi and Dolan challenge strict disciplinary boundaries. This is not meant to be read as another contribution to the debate of whether literature is, can, or should be political. Between Terror and Freedom instead reveals how literature illuminates and expands our understanding of philosophical and political questions. Political theorists, philosophers, cultural scholars, and rhetoricians offer a fresh perspective on the questions of our age and the paradoxes of modernity when they read literature.
Freedom And Terror
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Author : Gabriel Weimann
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-01-07
Freedom And Terror written by Gabriel Weimann and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-07 with History categories.
This book examines reason and unreason in the legal and political responses to terrorism. Terrorism is often perceived as sheer madness, unreasonable use of extreme violence and senseless, futile political action. These assertions are challenged by this book. Combining ‘traditional’ thought (by Kaplan) on reason and unreason in terrorism with empirical explorations of post-modern terrorism and its use of communication platforms (by Weimann) the work uses interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary dimensions to provide a multidimensional picture of critical issues in current politics and a deeper examination of their implications than previously available. The book looks at various aspects of modern politics, from terrorism to protest, from decision-making to political discourse, applying the perspective of philosophical thought. To do so, political issues and actions are examined by using concepts such as reason, emotions, madness, magic, morality, absolutism, extremism, psychopathology, rationality and others. The analysis is rooted in theories and concepts derived from history, philosophy, religion, art, sociology, psychology, and political science. This book, which was mostly written by the late Abraham Kaplan, an American philosopher, and edited and updated by Gabriel Weimann, will be of much interest to students of political violence/terrorism, philosophy, war and conflict studies and political science in general.
Terrorism Security And Nationality
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Author : Paul Gilbert
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-01-28
Terrorism Security And Nationality written by Paul Gilbert and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-28 with Philosophy categories.
Terrorism, Security and Nationality shows how the ideas and techniques of political philosophy can be applied to the practical problems of terrorism, State violence and national identity. In doing so it clarifies a wide range of issues in applied political philosophy including ethics of war; theories of state and nation; the relationship between communities and nationalisms; human rightss and national security. Paul Gilbert identifies conflicting conceptiona of civil strife by different political communities and investigates notions of terrorism both as unjust war and as political crime. He concludes by considering the proper response of the State to political violence.
Terrorism For Humanity
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Author : Ted Honderich
language : en
Publisher: London : Pluto Press
Release Date : 2003-11
Terrorism For Humanity written by Ted Honderich and has been published by London : Pluto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11 with Philosophy categories.
Ted Honderich is one of the world's foremost philosophers of the Left. This is a revised edition of his classic text, Violence for Equality: Inquiries in Political Philosophy. It became a benchmark in political philosophy twenty years ago and came out in three editions. Now revised and updated, Terrorism for Humanity raises fundamental questions about the morality of terrorism or political violence -- questions that are cruelly inescapable in the light of recent events and the 'war on terror'. What is to be said for and against the terrorism that is directed to the goal of the Principle of Humanity -- the rescuing of people from lives of wretchedness? When is such terrorism right, if ever, and when is it wrong? Why is it wrong? In six lucid essays, Honderich challenges the presuppositions, prejudices and inconsistencies of liberal-democratic thinking. He takes hold of subjects with strong implications for liberation-terrorism, including Palestinian terrorism. He refuses to accept that the questions that arise are easily answered. Exploring the moral issues that lie at the heart of his subject, he reminds us that political philosophy should be an attempt to inquire with an open mind -- and that to open one's mind is not necessarily to lose one's convictions. This remarkable book will interest and challenge all teachers and students of philosophy and politics. It will capture anyone who wants actually to think about the morality of terrorism. Book jacket.
Politics Most Unusual
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Author : Damian Cox
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-12-11
Politics Most Unusual written by Damian Cox and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-11 with Philosophy categories.
How has 9/11 and the declaration of the 'global war on terror' changed our conceptions of politics? How has it affected our understanding of democracy, personal freedom and government accountability? In answering these and other questions, the authors engage in a comprehensive and critical analysis of politics in the age of terrorism.
Political Philosophy
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Author : Anthony O'Hear
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006
Political Philosophy written by Anthony O'Hear 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 2006 with Philosophy categories.
Collection of essays covering a wide range of topics in political philosophy, first published in 2007.
Philosophical Perspectives On The War On Terrorism
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Author : Gail M. Presbey
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2007
Philosophical Perspectives On The War On Terrorism written by Gail M. Presbey and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Philosophy categories.
This book responds to the Bush Administration position on the "war on terror." It examines preemption within the context of "just war"; justification for the United States-led invasion of Iraq, with some authors charging that its tactics serve to increase terror; global terrorism; and concepts such as reconciliation, Islamic identity, nationalism, and intervention.