2 / a cura di Giovanni Indelli, Giuliana Leone, Francesca Longo Auricchio

• Record Nr.: UNICASCFI0642846
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Napoli, : [s. n.], 2004 ( (Napoli) : Arte tipografica
• Descrizione fisica: 538 p. ; 25 cm.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Terrorism, Security and Nationality [[electronic resource] ] : An Introductory Study in Applied Political Philosophy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783161203321
• Autore: Gilbert Paul <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002
• ISBN: 1-134-87371-9; 1-281-13436-8; 9786611134365; 0-203-00446-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6; 363.3/2; 363.32
• Soggetti: National security; Nationalism; Political science; Terrorism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; ; Chapter 2 Terrorism and unjust war; MINDLESS VIOLENCE; UNJUST WAR; TARGETING THE INNOCENT; NON-COMBATANT IMMUNITY; TERRORIST OUTRAGES; Chapter 3 Terrorism and civil war; TERRORISM AND TYRANNICIDE; REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE; PROPER AUTHORITY; IRREGULAR WAR; CIVIL STRIFE; Chapter 4 Terrorism and political crime; THE STATUS OF TERRORISM; TERRORISM AS CRIME; POLITICAL CRIME; TERRORISM AND THE MODERN STATE; Chapter 5 Community and conflict; UNJUST WAR AND THE COMMUNITY; STATISM AND POLITICAL CRIME; COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY; TERRORISM AND MODERNITYChapter 6 Reasons for violence; PICTURES OF VIOLENCE; ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE; REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE OF THE LEFT AND STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE; ETHICAL REVOLUTIONS; Chapter 7 Terrorism and nationality; THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE; SELF-DETERMINATION AND VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION; STATE AND COMMUNITY; INDEPENDENCE AND INJUSTICE; Chapter 8 Ethnicity and national identity; GROUNDS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY; ETHNIC NATIONALISM; CULTURALISM; CULTURE AND POWER; THE ETHICS OF NATIONALISM; Chapter 9 Terror and the state; A TU QUOQUE ARGUMENT; STATE TERRORISM; THE STATE AND SECURITYTHE FORGE OF LAW; Chapter 10 The violence of the state; GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS; GENOCIDE; THE SUPPRESSION OF DISSENT; OPPRESSION AND REPRESSION; Chapter 11 The state's response to violence; THE DILEMMA OF THE STATE; MILITARY RESPONSES; CONCILIATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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