Solution of the Fist - Dostoevsky and the Roots of Modern Terrorism

Informationen zum Autor John P. Moran is associate professor of political science and international affairs at Kennesaw State University and author of From Garrison State to Nation State: The Russian Military and Political Power under Gorbachev and Yeltsin. Klappentext The Solution of the Fist: Dostoevsky and the Roots of Modern Terrorism addresses the political and psychological aspects of terrorism as seen through the eyes of a first-generation observer of terrorism, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Through an in-depth analysis of the first novel ever written about terrorism, The Demons , this book explains Dostoevsky's uniquely privileged position in observing this modern political phenomenon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Terrorism in the Age of Reason Chapter 2. Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents Chapter 3. Cosmopolitan Politics Chapter 4. The Psychology of Cosmopolitanism Chapter 5. The Paradox of Nihilistic Terrorism Chapter 6. Demonic Shame

Product details

• Authors: John Moran, John P. Moran, Moran John P.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2009
• EAN: 9780739129852
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2985-2
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Social & political philosophy, Terrorism, armed struggle, Literature: history & criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet