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

• Autore: Kaplan Abraham <1918-1993., >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325
• Soggetto topico: Terrorism - Political aspects; Terrorism - Moral and ethical aspects; Liberty
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WeimannGabriel <1950->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Freedom and terror
• ISBN: 1-136-82769-2; 1-283-04048-4; 9786613040480; 0-203-83120-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459223503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary terrorism studies.