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008			180820s2018 nyu ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aJSTOR _beng _erda _epn _cJSTOR _dOCLCF _dNT _dYDX _dDEGRU _dEBLCP _dCNO
020			_a9780231547680 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aJC328 _b.N365 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aThaler, Mathias, _e1
245	1	0	_aNaming violence : _ba critical theory of genocide, torture, and terrorism / _cMathias Thaler.
260			_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press _c2018.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 236 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	0		_aNew directions in critical theory
504			_a2
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tAcknowledgments -- _t1. POLITICAL THEORY BETWEEN MORALISM AND REALISM -- _t2. TELLING STORIES: ON ART'S ROLE IN DISPELLING GENOCIDE BLINDNESS -- _t3. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH HYPOTHETICALS: ASSESSING THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS ABOUT TORTURE -- _t4. GENEALOGY AS CRITIQUE: PROBLEMATIZING DEFINITIONS OF TERRORISM -- _t5. THE CONCEPTUAL TAPESTRY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex
520	0		_aMuch is at stake when we choose a word for a form of violence: whether a conflict is labeled civil war or genocide, whether we refer to "enhanced interrogation techniques" or to "torture," whether a person is called a "terrorist" or a "patriot." Do these decisions reflect the rigorous application of commonly accepted criteria, or are they determined by power structures and partisanship? How is the language we use for violence entangled with the fight against it?In Naming Violence, Mathias Thaler articulates a novel perspective on the study of violence that demonstrates why the imagination matters for political theory. His analysis of the politics of naming charts a middle ground between moralism and realism, arguing that political theory ought to question whether our existing vocabulary enables us to properly identify, understand, and respond to violence. He explores how narrative art, thought experiments, and historical events can challenge and enlarge our existing ways of thinking about violence. Through storytelling, hypothetical situations, and genealogies, the imagination can help us see when definitions of violence need to be revisited by shedding new light on prevalent norms and uncovering the contingent history of ostensibly self-evident beliefs. Naming Violence demonstrates the importance of political theory to debates about violence across a number of different disciplines from film studies to history.
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650		0	_aPolitical violence _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aCritical theory.
650		0	_aGenocide _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aTorture _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aTerrorism _xPolitical aspects.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1880454&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell