Age of Fear (Routledge Revivals): Power Versus Principle in the War on Terror - Hardcover

Acharya, Amitav

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415732891 ISBN 13: 9780415732895

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

First published in 2004 in the immediate wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, this is an accessible commentary intended to provoke thought and debate on the topic of terrorism. In a collection of challenging essays, questions consider the causes of terrorism and why post-modern terrorism is different. The essays are divided into three key sections, first investigating the civilizational roots and dimensions of contemporary terrorism, next examining the Bush administration’s approach, and finally, considering the complex and changing relationship between fear and freedom. Written by a leading scholar in Middle East and Asian Studies, this comprehensive reissue will be of particular value to students of international relations and terrorism studies, as well as the more general reader with an interest in the global issues faced in the age of contemporary terrorism.

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About the Author

Amitav Acharya is Deputy Director and Head of Research at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he also holds a professorship. He has been a Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto and held fellowships at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (1987-89), Harvard Asia Center (2000-1), and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (2000-1). He taught at the National University of Singapore (1990-92) and Harvard University (2001), and held an ASEM Chair in Regional Integration at the Europe-Asia Institute, University of Malaya in 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0415732891
• ISBN 13: 9780415732895
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220