Freedom and Terror: Reason and Unreason in Politics

by Gabriel Weimann and Abraham Kaplan

This book examines reason and unreason in the legal and political responses to terrorism.

Terrorism is often perceived as sheer madness, unreasonable use of extreme violence and senseless, futile political action. These assertions are challenged by this book. Combining 'traditional' thought (by Kaplan) on reason and unreason in terrorism with empirical explorations of post-modern terrorism and its use of communication platforms (by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415605989
• ISBN13: 9780415605984
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"