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Facing Contemporary Terrorism

Herausgegeben von: Jean-François Caron

ISSN: 2749-1188

e-ISSN 2749-1196

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Terrorism plays an enormous role in the way our world is shaped today. Facing Contemporary Terrorism discusses the differences between ancient and new terrorism and provides an understanding of the various political and ethical challenges associated with this phenomenon. Based on case-studies of terrorist organizations, the series offers new intellectually rigorous approaches on how this form of political violence can be effectively fought through novel means of actions, and how the morality of warfare is affected by the elusive enemy. Volumes in this series will contribute to moving the study of terrorism into new interdisciplinary directions and to providing scholars with the best possible examination of this political threat.

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Jean-François Caron, Nazarbayev Universität, Kasachstan, und Universität Opole, Polen.

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Publication Ethics Statement

Fachgebiete

Buch 2024

War on Terror

Reflecting on 20 Years of Policy, Actions, and Violence

Stipe Buzar, Jean-François Caron

Band 4 in dieser Reihe

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Looking back at the "War on Terror" and its policies, actions, and the violence that followed, this book analyzes the resulting changes in international power structures and the relationship between citizens and their representatives. It defines our shortcomings in opposing this type of violence by demonstrating how the notion of legitimate violence has been broadened.

The impact of the "War on Terror" on the public view of Liberalism is explored, as well as its effects on the role of state authorities in our lives. Thus, this book names the lessons we ought to learn from the　actions taken against terrorist organizations.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111320427
ISBN:: 9783111320427
ISBN:: 9783111320397
ISBN:: 9783111320496
Fachgebiet:: Philosophie
Fachgebiet:: Ethik
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Fachgebiet:: Militärpolitik
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften, andere
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch 2023

The Moral Dilemmas of Fighting Terrorism and Guerrilla Groups

Jean-François Caron

Band 2 in dieser Reihe

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The Moral Dilemmas of Fighting Terrorism and Guerrilla Groups discusses the most important ethical dilemmas associated with the fight against terrorist organizations and guerilla groups by providing readers with a rigorous, yet accessible analysis of how these forms of violence can be justified and how they ought to be fought by entities targeted by groups resorting to these strategies. It will be valuable to anyone interested in understanding the main ethical questions associated with these forms of political violence and the way they can be addressed.

After providing conceptual clarifications that will allow the reader to distinguish between terrorism and guerrilla warfare, it explains and discusses what the criteria are that can justify resorting to lethal violence on the part of the latter group as well as the criteria that can determine the identity of those who can legitimately be targeted by these groups. The book analyzes when terrorists ought to be targeted and how this can be done, focusing on the inherent problems associated with the solutions that are normally used against state actors in order to prevent attacks on their part, namely what can be coined as “non-violent alternatives to war”, such as economic or diplomatic sanctions, arm embargoes and non-violent resistance and, on the other hand, preemptive attacks.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110757569
ISBN:: 9783110757569
ISBN:: 9783110757583
ISBN:: 9783110757484
Fachgebiet:: Philosophie
Fachgebiet:: Ethik
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Fachgebiet:: Militärpolitik
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften, andere
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch 2021

Violent Alternatives to War

Justifying Actions Against Contemporary Terrorism

Jean-Francois Caron

Band 1 in dieser Reihe

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When we take a look back at the way Western states have fought terrorist organizations in the last 20 years, it is difficult not to think that these alternatives to war might have been more ethical than the decisions to invade Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 and in 2003. These cases speak for themselves as they have both led to the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, which is highly paradoxical in light of the logic that supported these interventions. There is a need to think of alternatives to war that will imply the legitimization of proactive sets of measures that would allow states to effectively prevent terrorist attacks through the use of kinetic force in a limited extent as a way to avoid the terrible and unpredictable effects of wars.

Violent Alternatives to War: Justifying Actions Against Contemporary Terrorism engages in a moral discussion of the challenges associated with violent alternatives to war when confronting terrorism and suggests a comprehensive approach to how this form of violence can be legitimized and how it ought to be used against this contemporary threat.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110729894
ISBN:: 9783110729894
ISBN:: 9783111542768
ISBN:: 9783110731286
ISBN:: 9783110730005
Fachgebiet:: Philosophie
Fachgebiet:: Ethik
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Fachgebiet:: Militärpolitik
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften, andere
Verlag:: De Gruyter