Encyclopedia of World Terrorism

List of contents

The essays in this volume trace an intellectual odyssey, a search for a genuinely critical theory. The book begins with the question of why the Frankfurt School as well as other neo-Marxist and post-Marxist analysts, both in the West and in dissident circles in the East, failed to produce a critical theory of Soviet socialism or to establish a dynamic relationship with contemporary social movements. As the political struggle in Eastern Europe intensified, the author of this book disengaged from his own efforts to reconstruct a critical Marxism. Instead, he attempts a reconstruction of democratic theory based on civil society rather than class categories, and with a critical relevance not only to the transition from state socialism but more generally to the universal goal of emancipation.

About the author

Martha Crenshaw is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, as well as professor of political science by courtesy, at Stanford University. She is also professor of government emerita at Wesleyan University and a lead investigator with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland.

Summary

This three-volume reference on terrorism in the 20th century places this growing phenomenon in the context of modern history. It provides students with both detailed information and the historical perspective which ties terrorism to the high school and college curriculum.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Crenshaw, Crenshaw Martha, John Pimlott, Pimlott John
• Assisted by: Martha Crenshaw (Editor), John Pimlott (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781563248061
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-806-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 630 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Reference, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Terrorism, armed struggle, Reference works, General and world history