Phillips, Jacob (2012) Book review: terrorism: a philosophical enquiry. LSE Review of Books (08 Nov 2012). Website.
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Abstract
Anne Schwenkenbecher examines the most urgent philosophical questions pertaining to the problem of terrorism: What is terrorism, or, how should it be defined? And could terrorism ever be justified? The book questions well established frameworks and widely held convictions: it denies that terrorism is always wrong and morally worse than war. It invites the reader to approach these matters from a new perspective, according to which terrorism is just one of many forms of political violence. Jacob Phillips finds that the book offers genuinely informative insights into the gulf between a proper philosophical understanding of the word terrorism and its popular usage.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Author |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2013 12:54 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 13:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50595 |
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