{"product_id":"genealogies-of-terrorism-9780231187275","title":"Genealogies of Terrorism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVerena Erlenbusch rejects attempts to define what terrorism is in favor of a historico-philosophical investigation into the conditions under which uses of this contested term become meaningful. \u003ci\u003eGenealogies of Terrorism\u003c\/i\u003e is an empirically grounded and philosophically rigorous critical history with important political implications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErlenbusch-Anderson’s work is a brilliant contribution to Critical Terrorism Studies, not only deconstructing the labelling processes of this violence, but analysing these in relation to the historical, social, and political contexts that allowed the emergence of these dispositifs, and reflecting on the power relations embedded in these processes and societies in general. * Critical Studies on Terrorism *\u003cbr\u003eMakes a valuable contribution to an under-developed literature and she offers some tantalizing points of departure for future explorations of an important and timely subject. Genealogies is an eminently worthwhile read. * ID: International Dialogue *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGenealogies of Terrorism: Revolution, State Violence, Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Verena ErlenbuschAnderson takes on the ambitious project of providing a broadly Foucauldian genealogical account of the concept and practice of “terrorism.” -- Wendy Lynne Lee * ID: International Dialogue *\u003cbr\u003eOne can only be impressed by the depth and scope of Erlenbusch-Anderson’s treatment of terrorism. . . . I should think that the impact of her book will reach beyond philosophy and political theory, beyond the academy. It is, to borrow a phrase, must reading for anyone who wants to understand the historical emergence of terrorism and how it continues to shape the contemporary world. -- Michael Clifford * Syndicate *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an urgently needed intervention. The longstanding shared academic\/policy-maker endeavor to define terrorism has failed spectacularly, to the point that cliché now best expresses the term’s meaning. . . . \u003ci\u003eGenealogies of Terrorism\u003c\/i\u003e is a refreshing refusal of both philosophical and political orthodoxies that have only obscured clarity on the subject of terrorism, whether they be a dogmatic insistence on the definitional enterprise or the outright refusal of history. -- C. Heike Schotten * Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003eErlenbusch-Anderson provides an eloquent account of terrorism as a \u003ci\u003edispositif\u003c\/i\u003e and compiles an impressive amount of historical evidence to locate and excavate various uses of the word 'terrorism' throughout its history. -- Sarah DiMaggio * Syndicate *\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Wittgenstein and Foucault, and contemporary debates about concepts, in this remarkable book Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson undertakes a significant examination of terrorism. Rather than assuming its meaning and looking for that in her sources, she instead allows a multifaceted understanding to emerge from a historical study of texts and practices. A powerful and urgent intervention for our troubled times. -- Stuart Elden, University of Warwick\u003cbr\u003eThis book is political philosophy at its best. It offers an instructive model of mobilizing philosophical genealogy for a critique of a highly-charged idea. It complicates the seeming obviousness with which the concept of 'terrorism' is today purveyed. Through meticulous historical and philosophical analysis, this book shows how the concept of terrorism came to be an explosive, dangerous, and contested political idea. -- Colin Koopman, University of Oregon\u003cbr\u003eVerena Erlenbusch-Anderson’s careful genealogy of 'terrorism'—tracking the term’s multiple and overdetermined meanings since its first appearance as a political concept in the late eighteenth century—powerfully shows us how we all too frequently ask the wrong questions about terrorism. This critical book offers a necessary corrective to how we think about terrorism, and it reshapes the grounds upon which we should have any meaningful debate about terrorism in the present moment. -- Andrew Dilts, Loyola Marymount University\u003cbr\u003eAn empirically rich, carefully contextualized and well-documented study of the different forms that terrorism has taken over time. * Political Theory *\u003cbr\u003eOffers scholars, students, and policymakers alike a lot to think about. * H-War *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. The Trouble with Terrorism\u003cbr\u003e2. The Emergence of Terrorism\u003cbr\u003e3. State Terrorism Revisited\u003cbr\u003e4. Terrorism and Colonialism\u003cbr\u003e5. Reimagining Terrorism at the End of History\u003cbr\u003e6. Towards a Critical Theory of Terrorism: Genealogy and Normativity\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400329208151,"sku":"9780231187275","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231187275.jpg?v=1730470404","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/genealogies-of-terrorism-9780231187275","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}