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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinfari, Marco (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Aggregator)
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Keywords:
Bedrohungsvorstellung
Geschichte
Gewalt
Metapher
Monsters > History
Politik
Revolutions > History
Sprachgebrauch
Symbol
Terrorismus
Terrorist
Terrorists > History
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