Get 'Em All, Kill 'Em: Genocide, Terrorism, Righteous Communities

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Summary: Get 'Em All! Kill 'Em! is a Must Read
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Bruce Wilshire's Get 'Em All! Kill 'Em! is a searching examination of terrorism and genocide. Wilshire resists the easy supposition that such horrendous acts arise simply out of "human nature." He opts instead for an explanation in terms of the search for immortality, the identification of the individual with the group and the terror of seeing that group's world undermined. In a non-linear series of reflections, Wilshire explores some of the deepest recesses of the human mind, disabusing us of the illusion that awful things "cannot happen here."

This is philosophy that matters: soaring thought on a vital topic expressed in an accessible, elegant style. Not everyone will agree with Wilshire's understanding of genocide, but everyone needs to be familiar with it. Wilshire is one of a vanishing breed of public intellectuals who addresses the mind of our community and appeals to its conscience. Must reading.

Reviewed by: John Lachs, Centennial Professor of Philosophy in Vanderbilt University

Posted by: M. Brodrick, Graduate Assistant