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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825908403321

Autore

Thorup Mikkel

Titolo

An intellectual history of terror : war, violence and the state / / Mikkel Thorup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-94678-0

1-136-94679-9

1-282-65616-3

9786612656163

0-203-84821-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Critical terrorism studies

Disciplina

363.32509

Soggetti

Terrorism - History

Political violence - History

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

pt. 1. Investigative signposts -- pt. 2. Archive of terrors -- pt. 3. Pirates and terrorists -- pt. 4. States of terror, states of humanity.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates terrorism and anti-terrorism as related and interacting phenomena, undertaking a simultaneous reading of terrorist and statist discourses in order to reconstruct the dialogue between them.