Cavarero Horrorism

Naming Contemporary Violence
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-231-51917-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: New Directions in Critical Theory

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cavarero, Adriana

Weitere Mitwirkende

McCuaig, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Dekonstruktivismus, Strukturalismus, Poststrukturalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translator's Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 - Etymologies: "Terror" or, On Surviving
2 - Etymologies: "Horror" or On Dismembering
3 - On War
4 - The Howl of Medusa
5 - The Vulnerability of the Helpless
6 - The Crime of Medea
7 - Horrorism; or, On Violence Against the Helpless
8 - Those Who Have Seen the Gorgon
9 - Auschwitz; or, On Extreme Horror
10 - Erotic Carnages
11 - So Mutilated that It Might Be the Body of the Pig
12 - The Warrior's Pleasure
13 - Worldwide Aggressiveness
14 - For a History of Terror
15 - Suicidal Horrorism
16 - When the Bomb is a Woman's Body
17 - Female Torturers Grinning at the Camera
Appendix: The Horror! The Horror! Rereading Conrad
Notes
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Adriana Cavarero is professor of political philosophy at the University of Verona. Her books in English include In Spite of Plato: A Feminist Rewriting of Ancient Philosophy; Stately Bodies: Literature, Philosophy, and the Question of Gender; Relating Narratives: Storytelling and Selfhood; and For More Than One Voice: Toward a Philosophy of Vocal Expression.