LEADER 04147nam 22006975 450 001 9910592983103321 005 20251009095508.0 010 $a9783030961435$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783030961428 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-96143-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7081876 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7081876 035 $a(OCoLC)1344160990 035 $a(CKB)24815148000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-96143-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924815148000041 100 $a20220908d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOn Beheading /$fby Amalendu Misra 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (236 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Misra, Amalendu On Beheading Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030961428 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aBeheading 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. 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aEthics 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aSelf 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aSocial Philosophy 606 $aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics 606 $aPhilosophy of the Self 606 $aPhilosophy of Religion 606 $aPolitical Philosophy 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 0$aSelf. 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 14$aSocial Philosophy. 615 24$aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. 615 24$aPhilosophy of the Self. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Religion. 615 24$aPolitical Philosophy. 676 $a364.66 676 $a364.66 700 $aMisra$b Amalendu$0564538 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910592983103321 996 $aOn Beheading$92914236 997 $aUNINA