Horrorism : naming contemporary violence / Adriana Cavarero ; translated by William McCuaig.

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Published: New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
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Series:New directions in critical theory.
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Format: Book
Table of Contents:
  • Etymologies: "terror"; or, on surviving
  • Etymologies: "horror"; or, on dismembering
  • On war
  • The howl of Medusa
  • Horrorism; or, on violence against the helpless
  • Those who have seen the gorgon
  • Auschwitz; or, on extreme horror
  • Erotic carnages
  • So mutilated that it might be the body of a pig
  • The warrior's pleasure
  • Worldwide aggressiveness
  • For a history of terror
  • Suicidal horrorism
  • When the bomb is a woman's body
  • Female torturers grinning at the camera.