How has 9/11 and the declaration of the ‘global war on terror’ changed our conceptions of politics? How has it affected our understanding of democracy, personal freedom and government accountability? In answering these and other questions, the authors engage in a comprehensive and critical analysis of politics in the age of terrorism.
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Preface The Politics of Security Religion, Prejudice, Violence and Politics Lying in the War on Terrorism Sovereignty, Violence and the State of Exception American Empire and its Discontents The Lesser of Two Terrors: Ethical Questions On Ways Forward Index
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DAMIAN COX is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bond University, Australia. His publications include
Integrity and the Fragile Self (2003, co-authored); and articles in metaphysics, epistemology, value theory, environmental ethics, philosophical psychology, and moral theory.
MICHAEL LEVINE is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Australia. Recent publications include
Integrity and the Fragile Self (2003, co-authored);
Racism in Mind (2003, co-edited),
The Analytic Freud (editor); and articles on moral psychology, philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, metaphysics, and philosophy and architecture.
SAUL NEWMAN is Reader in Political Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. His research is in continental political theory, radical politics, and the politics of violence, terrorism and security. He is the author of
From Bakunin to Lacan (2001);
Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought (2005)
Unstable Universalities (2007), as well as numerous journal articles.