Holy terror
Holy Terror is a profound and timely investigation of the idea of terror, drawing upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to the modern day. Rather than add to the mounting pile of political studies of terrorism, Terry Eagleton off...
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| Lingua: | Undetermined English |
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Oxford,New York
Oxford University Press
2005
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |
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| Riassunto: | Holy Terror is a profound and timely investigation of the idea of terror, drawing upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to the modern day. Rather than add to the mounting pile of political studies of terrorism, Terry Eagleton offers here a metaphysics of terror with a serious historical perspective. Writing with remarkable clarity and persuasive insight he examines a concept whose cultural impact predates 9/11 by millennia |
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| Descrizione fisica: | vii, 148 p. 21 cm |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-144) and index |
| ISBN: | 0199287171 9780199287178 |