Terrorists as monsters: the unmanageable other from the French Revolution to the Islamic State

From the chilling threats of the "ISIS vampire" to the view of al-Qaeda as the "Frankenstein the CIA created," terrorism seems to be inextricably bound with monstrosity. But why do the media and government officials often portray terrorists as monsters? And perhaps more puzzling,...

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Main Author: Pinfari, Marco (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2019]
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505 8 0 |a Introduction : terrorism, monsters, and archetypal metaphors -- Terrorists seen as monsters -- The abominables : to the roots of "terrorist" monsters -- Contemporary logomachies -- Terrorists acting as monsters -- Revolutionary monstrosity -- Monsters in the "jihadi revolutionary atmosphere" -- Monstrous reflections -- The monstrous enemy in the "terrorist" mind -- The abyss of counterterrorism 
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