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Genealogies of Terrorism: Revolution, State Violence, Empire
ISBN: 9780231547178
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Terrorism -- Social aspects; Terrorism -- History;

Verena 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. Genealogies of Terrorism is an empirically grounded and philosophically rigorous critical history with important political implications.

Verena Erlenbusch (PhD, Philosophy, Sussex) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis. She has published articles in such journals as philoSOPHIA, Critical Studies on Terrorism, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Horizons, Philosophy Compass, and Journal of Global Ethics. Her book Genealogies of Terrorism will be published in 2018 by Columbia University Press. I chose her as a reader for her knowledge of critical theory and European political philosophy as they relate to political violence and other contemporary issues. Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis.