Name: Terror and Modernity
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Author: Donatella Di Cesare
ISBN: 9781509531493

Type

Physical Book

Author

Donatella Di Cesare

Publisher

Polity Press

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

172

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781509531493

Edition No.

Synopsis "Terror and Modernity "

We are inclined to see terrorist attacks as an aberration, a violent incursion into our lives that bears no intrinsic relation to the fundamental features of modern societies. But does this view misconstrue the relationship between terror and modernity? In this book, philosopher Donatella Di Cesare takes a historical approach and argues that terror is not a new phenomenon, but rather one that has always been a key part of modernity. At its most basic level, terrorism is about the struggle for power and sovereignty. The growing concentration of power in the hands of the state, which is a constitutive feature of modern societies, sows the seeds of terrorism, which is deployed as a weapon by those who are exposed to the violence of the state and feel that they have no other recourse. As Di Cesare illustrates her argument with examples ranging from the Red Brigades and 9/11 to jihadism and ISIS, her sophisticated analysis will appeal to anyone who wishes to understand contemporary terrorism more deeply, as well as to students and scholars of philosophy and political theory.

Donatella Di Cesare

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Donatella Di Cesare es profesora de Filosofía Teórica en el Departamento de Filosofía y en la Escuela Superior de Estudios Avanzados de la Universidad La Sapienza de Roma. Autora traducida a numerosos idiomas, entre sus obras destacan Terror y modernidad (2017), Marranos. El otro del otro (2018), Extranjeros residentes. Una filosofía de la migración (2020, galardonado con los premios Pozzale y Sila), Sobre la vocación política de la filosofía (2021), El complot en el poder (2021), Democracia y anarquía. El poder en la polis (2024) y Tecnofascismo (2025).

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