Imagining Terrorism: Terrorism and Anti-Terrorism Terrorism, Two Ways of Doing Evil

Part of a special issue on emerging imaginaries of regulation, control, and repression. The writers discuss the fact that there is little to objectively distinguish normal warfare and terrorism other than the level of power and legitimacy that state agents have over their less-powerful opponents. Th...

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Main Author: Mooney, Jayne 1964- (Author)
Contributors: Young, Jock 1942-2013
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
In: Social justice
Year: 2005, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 113-125
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Cold War, 1945-1991
Crime
Insurgency
Terrorists
Terrorism
East & West (World politics)
Counterterrorism > United States
Political Violence
Political Philosophy
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Summary:Part of a special issue on emerging imaginaries of regulation, control, and repression. The writers discuss the fact that there is little to objectively distinguish normal warfare and terrorism other than the level of power and legitimacy that state agents have over their less-powerful opponents. They argue that it it is concerning that it is the imaginary difference that is employed to justify “normal” warfare. They state that the two ways of committing evil as aspects of dehumanization are reciprocal perspectives that feed off each other and facilitate violence against other human beings.
ISSN:2327-641X