04147nam 22006975 450 991059298310332120251009095508.09783030961435(electronic bk.)978303096142810.1007/978-3-030-96143-5(MiAaPQ)EBC7081876(Au-PeEL)EBL7081876(OCoLC)1344160990(CKB)24815148000041(DE-He213)978-3-030-96143-5(EXLCZ)992481514800004120220908d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOn Beheading /by Amalendu Misra1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2022.1 online resource (236 pages)Print version: Misra, Amalendu On Beheading Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030961428 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Othering -- Chapter 3: Severing Sovereignty -- Chapter 4: Soliciting the Sacred -- Chapter 5: Penality -- Chapter 6: The Machinery -- Chapter 7: The Executioner's Heart -- Chapter 8: Performing Violence -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.Beheading is not an uncommon undertaking. As a particularized physical violence, it has been practiced by all societies and civilizations at some point in their history. In fact, for millennia public beheadings around the world were routine. In contemporary international society some states and many non-state actors regularly engage in this undertaking. This begs the obvious question: why put a human being through this unimaginable cruelty? While the idea of execution by decapitation appears visceral and horrific, it has always been grounded in cultural, religious and political contexts. If contemporary history is any proof, the enterprise of beheading a fellow human being appears to be making a comeback in certain religious and political landscapes. A question of enormous intellectual importance, the phenomenon of beheading is understudied. There have been many explanations surrounding specific forms of beheading through the ages. However, no inclusive studyhas engaged with it in its entirety. Primarily a philosophical reflection, On Beheading is inter-disciplinary in nature; it freely cuts across various disciplines within the broad framework of the social sciences. It uses a vast array of empirical evidence from anthropology, literature, jurisprudence and religion to build a discourse and narrative that brings this subject under one intellectual umbrella. Amalendu MISRA is Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University, UK. He is the author of several critically acclaimed monographs including: Towards a Philosophy of Narco Violence in Mexico; The Landscape of Silence: Sexual Violence Against Men in War; Politics of Civil Wars; Afghanistan – The Labyrinth of Violence; and Identity and Religion.Social sciencesPhilosophyEthicsPhilosophy of mindSelfReligionPhilosophyPolitical sciencePhilosophySocial PhilosophyMoral Philosophy and Applied EthicsPhilosophy of the SelfPhilosophy of ReligionPolitical PhilosophySocial sciencesPhilosophy.Ethics.Philosophy of mind.Self.ReligionPhilosophy.Political sciencePhilosophy.Social Philosophy.Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.Philosophy of the Self.Philosophy of Religion.Political Philosophy.364.66364.66Misra Amalendu564538MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910592983103321On Beheading2914236UNINA