Progressive Violence - Theorizing the War on Terror

Sommario

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Imperial Background and the US Power Elite
3. Political Victimage Ritual, Evil, and the Problem of Sadism
4. Biopolitics of Terrorism
5. Ethics of Truth
Appendix
Index

Info autore

Michael Blain is Professor of Sociology at Boise State University, USA. He is the author of The Sociology Terrorism and Power, Discourse and Victimage Ritual in the War on Terror.
Angeline Kearns-Blain was previously Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Boise State University, USA. She is the author of Stealing Sunlight: Growing up in Irishtown and I used to be Irish: Leaving Ireland, Becoming American.

Riassunto

This book examines the role of collective violence in the achievement of solidarity, shedding light on the difficulty faced by sociology in theorizing violence as a result of its tendency to idealise society in order to legitimise the idea of progressive social change.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Blain, Michael (Boise State University Blain, Michael Kearns-Blain Blain, Blain Michael, Angeline Kearns-Blain
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367821173
• ISBN: 978-0-367-82117-3
• Pagine: 162
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought; Routledge Studies in Social an
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Terrorism, armed struggle, Armed Conflict