States of terror :: history, theory, literature /

This text explores the philological and conceptual history of terror in a number of European languages in an attempt to amend the critical vacuum around a key term in modern politics. Working through exemplary moments in translations from Greek and Latin, in the vocabulary of the English Bible, in t...

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1. Verfasser: Simpson, David, 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
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Zusammenfassung:This text explores the philological and conceptual history of terror in a number of European languages in an attempt to amend the critical vacuum around a key term in modern politics. Working through exemplary moments in translations from Greek and Latin, in the vocabulary of the English Bible, in the debates about the French Revolution, and in a range of literary and philosophical works from the eighteenth through the twenty-first centuries, it demonstrates a strong correlation between terror and nation-state violence, which precedes and continues to function in a submerged way in the contemporary world and in an environment where terror is commonly assumed to be an anti-state initiative.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226600369
022660036X

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