| #412640 in Books | Columbia University Press | 2011-01-17 | 2011-01-23 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.38 x6.00l,.61 | File type: PDF | 168 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| complete view|By Jaramillo|It is a fundamental texto to understand the dynamics of power distribution and the use of images in violence acts.
Words like "terrorism" and "war" no longer encompass the scope of contemporary violence. With this explosive book, Adriana Cavarero, one of the world's most provocative feminist theorists and political philosophers, effectively renders such terms obsolete. She introduces a new word—"horrorism"—to capture the experience of violence.
Unlike terror, horrorism is a form of violation grounded in the offense of disfiguration and massacre. Numerous outbursts...
You easily download any file type for your device.Horrorism: Naming Contemporary Violence (New Directions in Critical Theory) | Adriana Cavarero. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
