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2010-05-02 |
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Terror, Terrorism, States & Societies / Edited by Samir Kumar Das & Rada Iveković |
"The world today is marked by different kinds of terror--individual, state, anarchist, revolutionary, religious, imperial or communal; or the terror of insecurity or catastrophe--each with its particular imprint. Their different ideological and philosophical justifications need to be understood, especially now, when distinctions between them have been obliterated by the blanket term, 'terrorism' and the habit of calling those who practise this generalised ideology, `terrorists'.
This volume contains essays by international scholars, across different disciplines, and engages with several aspects of terror: as historical event; as a generalised discourse of ideology; as a feature in the continuum of violence; as 'extreme violence'; and as the final marker of identity--ascribed, undertaken or imposed. The authors also discuss the historical and discursive relations between democracy and terror, liberalism and the rule of law, the 'war on terror' and the need for legitimacy; and a philosophical engagement with terror. Its scope ranges from the era of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution to the instruments of colonial terror, to post-colonialism and the global situation today, post-September 11, 2001.
A Compelling and sober consideration of one of modernity's most intractable and complex issues."
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction / Samir Kumar Das and Rada Ivekovic
Section 1: Reason, Language and the Self
1. Kant on the French Revolution : The role of terror in the constitution of the subject / Artemy Magun
2. Imaginary Territories: Staging terror, protecting from terror / Ivaylo Ditchev
3. Rumour as Media / Stephen Wright
4. Terror as a Historical Process and as Language / Daho Djerbal
5. Philosophies and Actions in Times of Terror / Ranabir Samaddar
Section 2: Law, Emergency and Exception
6. The Ban and the Exception: Discussing the 'state of exception' / Didier Bigo
7. The Gendered Face of Extraordinary Powers / Paula Banerjee
8. Terrorism and the Law: What can an emergency constitution do? / Virgilio Afonso Da Silva
9. Terror and the Democratic Paradox / Pradip Kumar Bose
10. Extraordinary Renditions Programme / Alain Brossat
Section 3: Terrorism as a Paradigm of (In) Security
11. Terrorists in India's North-east and Dialogues with Them?: The improbables in the hypothesis / Samir Kumar Das
12. Terrorism, Fear and Surveillance / Shahnaz Rouse
13. Human Security as Barrier to All Forms of Terrorism / Bechir Chourou
14. Deconstructing Terrorism: Discourse and death in Pakistan / Rubina Saigol
Section 4: Terrorism and the Crisis of the Political
15. Terror and the Crisis of the Political / Boyan Manchev
16. The Figures of Terror and the Philosophical Debate on Modernity / Francisco Naishtat
Contributors
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Authorship Description: Edited by Samir Kumar Das and Rada Ivekovic.
Bibliographical Details: xxviii, 300 p. 23 cm.
Edition, Place & Publisher: 1st ed. New Delhi, Women Unlimited.
ISBN-10: 8188965561
ISBN-13: 9788188965564, 978-8188965564
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