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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459223503321

Autore

Kaplan Abraham <1918-1993., >

Titolo

Freedom and terror : reason and unreason in politics / / Abraham Kaplan and Gabriel Weimann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-82769-2

1-283-04048-4

9786613040480

0-203-83120-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Contemporary terrorism studies

Altri autori (Persone)

WeimannGabriel <1950->

Disciplina

363.325

Soggetti

Terrorism - Political aspects

Terrorism - Moral and ethical aspects

Liberty

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The age of madness -- Knowledge and political action -- Politics, law and behavioral sciences -- Historical interpretation -- The politics of protest -- The ethics of terror -- The psychodynamics of terror -- The theater of terror : modern terrorism and the mass media -- Moral responsibilities and political realities -- The ethics of power -- The politics of prejudice -- In defense of freedom -- The limits of reason.

Sommario/riassunto

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 poli