Naming Violence : : A Critical Theory of Genocide, Torture, and Terrorism / / Mathias Thaler.
Much is at stake when we choose a word for a form of violence: whether a conflict is labeled civil war or genocide, whether we refer to "enhanced interrogation techniques" or to "torture," whether a person is called a "terrorist" or a "patriot." Do these decis...
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Thaler, Mathias, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Naming Violence : A Critical Theory of Genocide, Torture, and Terrorism / Mathias Thaler. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda New Directions in Critical Theory ; 52 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. POLITICAL THEORY BETWEEN MORALISM AND REALISM -- 2. TELLING STORIES: ON ART'S ROLE IN DISPELLING GENOCIDE BLINDNESS -- 3. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH HYPOTHETICALS: ASSESSING THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS ABOUT TORTURE -- 4. GENEALOGY AS CRITIQUE: PROBLEMATIZING DEFINITIONS OF TERRORISM -- 5. THE CONCEPTUAL TAPESTRY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Much is at stake when we choose a word for a form of violence: whether a conflict is labeled civil war or genocide, whether we refer to "enhanced interrogation techniques" or to "torture," whether a person is called a "terrorist" or a "patriot." Do these decisions reflect the rigorous application of commonly accepted criteria, or are they determined by power structures and partisanship? How is the language we use for violence entangled with the fight against it?In Naming Violence, Mathias Thaler articulates a novel perspective on the study of violence that demonstrates why the imagination matters for political theory. His analysis of the politics of naming charts a middle ground between moralism and realism, arguing that political theory ought to question whether our existing vocabulary enables us to properly identify, understand, and respond to violence. He explores how narrative art, thought experiments, and historical events can challenge and enlarge our existing ways of thinking about violence. Through storytelling, hypothetical situations, and genealogies, the imagination can help us see when definitions of violence need to be revisited by shedding new light on prevalent norms and uncovering the contingent history of ostensibly self-evident beliefs. Naming Violence demonstrates the importance of political theory to debates about violence across a number of different disciplines from film studies to history. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022) Critical theory. Genocide Political aspects. Political violence Philosophy. Terrorism Political aspects. Torture Political aspects. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606607 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English 9783110604252 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 9783110603255 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Philosophy 2018 English 9783110604214 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Philosophy 2018 9783110603217 ZDB-23-DPH print 9780231188142 https://doi.org/10.7312/thal18814 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231547680 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231547680/original |
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