Freedom and Terror: Reason and Unreason in Politics

ISBN-13: 9780415605984 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 208 str.

Gabriel Weimann;Abraham Kaplan;?Abar

Opis

This volume examines reason and unreason in the legal and political responses to terrorism. This book, which was mostly written by the late Abraham Kaplan, an American philosopher, and edited and updated by Gabriel Weimann, will be of much interest to students of political violence/terrorism, philosophy, war and conflict studies and political science in general.

Spis treści

Introduction.  Foreword Carl Cohen  1. The Age of Madness  2. Knowledge and Political Action  3.Politics, Law and Behavioral Sciences  4. Historical Interpretation  5. The Politics of Protest  6. The Ethics of Terror  7. The Psychodynamics of Terror  8. The Theater of Terror: Modern Terrorism and the Mass Media  9. Moral Responsibilities and Political Realities  10. The Ethics of Power  11. The Politics of Prejudice  12. In Defense of Freedom  13. The Limits of Reason