Mathias Thaler

Naming Violence

A Critical Theory of Genocide, Torture, and Terrorism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mathias Thaler articulates a novel perspective on the study of violence that demonstrates why the imagination matters for political theory. He explores how narrative art, thought experiments, and historical events can challenge and enlarge our existing ways of thinking about violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2018
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9780231188142
• ISBN-10: 0231188145
• Artikelnr.: 52819461

Autorenporträt

Mathias Thaler

Inhaltsangabe

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