Rising up and rising down, some thoughts on violence, freedom and urgent means, William T. Vollmann
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Rising up and rising down, some thoughts on violence, freedom and urgent means, William T. Vollmann
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eng
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illustrations
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non fiction
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Rising up and rising down
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55625546
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William T. Vollmann
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some thoughts on violence, freedom and urgent means
Summary
An abridged edition of the author's seven-volume work on the possible justification of violence is based on his war-zone observations and draws on the theories of philosophers, theologians, military strategists, and other thinkers
Table Of Contents
Three meditations on death : Catacomb thoughts -- Autopsy thoughts -- Siege thoughts -- Introduction : The days of the Niblungs -- Part One. Categories and justifications. Definitions for lonely atoms : On the morality of weapons (excerpt) -- Where do my rights end? (excerpt) -- Where do my rights begin? (excerpt) -- Means and ends -- Justifications : Self-defense : In the judge's chair -- Defense of honor (excerpt) -- Defense of class -- Defense of authority (excerpt) -- Defense of ground (excerpt) -- Justifications : Policy and choice : Deterrence, retribution and revenge (excerpt) -- Punishment (excerpt) -- Justifications : Fate : Moral yellowness -- Evaluations : Four safeguards -- Remember the victim! -- The moral calculus -- Part Two. Studies in consequences. Southeast Asia : Introduction -- The old man (Malaysia) -- Europe : Introduction -- Where are all the pretty girls? (Ex-Yugoslavaia) -- Africa : Introduction -- The Muslim world : Introduction -- Let me know if you're scared (Somalia) -- North America : Introduction -- Dey brings dem bloodstain up here (Jamaica) -- Annotated table of contents for unabrudged version
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