Terrorism Unjustified - The Use and Misuse of Political Violence

Informationen zum Autor By Vicente Medina Klappentext Vicente Medina challenges common misconceptions and excuses for extreme political violence and differentiates between justified political violence and unjustifiable terrorism. Medina draws on philosophical concepts like just war theory while adding social and political science perspectives to contextualize today's terrorism within current international law and moral attitudes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsDedicationAcknowlegments Introduction 1. Brief History of Terrorism Modern Origin of Terrorism Four Waves of Terrorism State Terrorism and Political Violence Terrorism and War Summary 2. Disputing Terrorism Perspectivism and Political Violence Definitions of TerrorismSummary 3. Critics of TerrorismWhy Terrorism is Morally OffensiveOpponents of Terrorism Who are the "Innocent"? Is There Anyone "Innocent"? 4. Apologists of Terrorism Who are the "Enemies"? Apologists' Arguments 5. "Whatever It Takes" 6. Postscript Notes Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Vicente Medina, Medina Vicente
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781442253513
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5351-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Terrorism, armed struggle, Ethics and moral philosophy