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Economy and Society, 1994
In this paper we discuss the censorship of political statements sympathetic to terrorism as an instance of what Lyotard calls ‘terror’. Our claim is that the traditional approach to questions of censorship of ‘subversive’ politics only captures part of the story; what is at stake is not merely the censorship but at a deeper level, the withdrawal of the
T. Scott Veitch, A Emilions
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In this paper we discuss the censorship of political statements sympathetic to terrorism as an instance of what Lyotard calls ‘terror’. Our claim is that the traditional approach to questions of censorship of ‘subversive’ politics only captures part of the story; what is at stake is not merely the censorship but at a deeper level, the withdrawal of the
T. Scott Veitch, A Emilions
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2017
Abstract ‘Terror and terrorism’ discusses strategies in which terror is used to break an opponent’s willingness to fight or to induce a change in a rival power’s policy or behavior. Terror often causes little damage to a foe’s physical capacity to fight, even if it inflicts mass casualties.
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Abstract ‘Terror and terrorism’ discusses strategies in which terror is used to break an opponent’s willingness to fight or to induce a change in a rival power’s policy or behavior. Terror often causes little damage to a foe’s physical capacity to fight, even if it inflicts mass casualties.
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Terror in the Classroom: Teaching Terrorism Without Terrorizing [PDF]
Journal of Political Science Education, 2018 Despite its popularity among students, terrorism is a sensitive and emotive topic that is difficult to learn, and challenging to teach.
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Terrorism and the Uses of Terror
The Journal of Ethics, 2004“Terrorism”' is sometimes defined as a “form ofcoercion.” But there are important differences between ordinary coercion and terrorist intimidation. This paper explores some of those differences, particularly the relation between coercion, on the one hand, and terror and terrorization, on the other hand.
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2018
The chapter discusses driving factors for the future of global terrorism and its academic study. It focuses on the role of old and new media, facilitating terrorist strategies aimed at mobilizing recruits and polarizing societies. Other types of violence kill more people, but terrorism threatens democratic societies by pitting values such as freedom of
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The chapter discusses driving factors for the future of global terrorism and its academic study. It focuses on the role of old and new media, facilitating terrorist strategies aimed at mobilizing recruits and polarizing societies. Other types of violence kill more people, but terrorism threatens democratic societies by pitting values such as freedom of
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Terrorism and Anti-terrorism Laws
2017This chapter addresses Australian legislative and juridical responses to acts officially defined as terrorism, briefly summarising counter-terrorism measures from the events of September 11, 2001 to 2016. We argue that counter-terrorism measures since the 2001 attacks contravene principles of due process, separation of powers and human rights. Moreover,
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2007
On March 27, 1989, a group of some 300 Shining Path guerrillas attacked a police post in Uchiza, a small town located in northeastern Peru on the edge of the vast Amazon jungle. Most of the residents in the surrounding areas were small farmers who had turned to the illegal cultivation of coca, the primary ingredient in cocaine.
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On March 27, 1989, a group of some 300 Shining Path guerrillas attacked a police post in Uchiza, a small town located in northeastern Peru on the edge of the vast Amazon jungle. Most of the residents in the surrounding areas were small farmers who had turned to the illegal cultivation of coca, the primary ingredient in cocaine.
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Concepts of Terror and Terrorism
1974What do we mean when we speak of terror? In its most important and general sense the term signifies a psychic state of great fear or dread. Our modern words terror, terrorise, terrible, terrorism, and deterrent, are derived from the Latin verbs terrere, to tremble or to cause to tremble, and deterrere, to frighten from.
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Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
2004These papers bring out the distinct contribution criminologists and criminological sociologists have to offer in the study of counter-terrorism from theoretical, methodological, and substantive viewpoints. It looks at terrorism in relation to hate crimes, state crimes, civil liberties, punishment, transnation crime and the international court.
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The “Ethics” of Terror and Terrorism
2011Over two millennia ago, during the waning days of the Roman Republic, the great orator and statesman Cicero asked, “What can be done against force, without force?” Cicero was rewarded for his effort to pose a possibly nonviolent solution to Rome’s internal political struggles—with summary assassination.
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