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Progressive Violence Theorizing the War on Terror
178 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
178 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
178 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the role of collective violence in the achievement of solidarity, shedding light on the difficulty faced by sociology in theorizing violence and warfare as a result of the discipline’s tendency to idealize society in an attempt to legitimize the idea of progressive social change. Using the global War on Terror as a focal point, the authors develop this argument through the... Read more
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
Biography
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.
