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The Meaning of Terrorism (Hardcover)
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The Meaning of Terrorism (Hardcover)
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In The Meaning of Terrorism, C. A. J. Coady clarifies competing and
confusing definitions of terrorism, and of terrorist acts, that
proliferate in specialist publications as well as in popular
discourse. Coady aims to construct a concept of a terrorist act
that both reflects a central core of these different
understandings, which provides for a more coherent and fruitful
discussion of terrorism and its moral and political significance.
The goal is therefore not only to gain clarity about what the term
designates, but also to probe various dimensions of the moral
meaning of our understanding of terrorism for complex social and
political circumstances. The opening chapters sketch the commonly
propounded definitions, and propose what Coady calls a "tactical
definition", with a focus on terrorist acts as violent attacks upon
non-combatants or innocents. The benefits of such an approach are
laid out, and defences against numerous objections that can be and
have been made to it are given. The book critically discusses
theorists who argue that, independent of its definition, terrorist
acts have a special, and profoundly disturbing, moral significance.
Coady explores the scope and meaning of non-combatant status and
its relation to recent controversies in the philosophy of war, and
discusses important attempted philosophical defences of terrorism
for certain contexts. The book closes with a discussion of the
moral challenges facing attempts at counter-terrorism, and examines
the commonly held view that religion is particularly prone to cause
terrorism or some of its most extreme manifestations.
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