Lisa Stampnitzky
Biographic Data
| ID | 255639 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa Stampnitzky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Stampnitzky |
| SIGNATURE | STAMPNITZKY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1187-3176 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Where is Palestine in Critical Terrorism Studies? A roundtable conversation
Our ethical responsibilities as researchers within or related to the study of “terrorism” could not be clearer than in moments when the “terrorism” label is used to justify mass killing and destruction. The state of Israel has relentlessly continued to bombard Gaza since 7 October 2023 and, with the support of Western nations, built consensus around framing all Palestinians as (potential) terrorists. In light of the horrors that the world is witn…
Rethinking the 'crisis of expertise
Legalizing war/militarizing law
Tortured Logic
Truth and consequences? Reconceptualizing the politics of exposure
Secrecy, especially state secrecy, has taken on increasing interest for scholars of international relations and security studies. However, even with interest in secrecy on the rise, there has been little explicit attention paid to exposure. The breaking of secrecy has generally been relegated to the role of a mere ‘switch’, whose internal workings and variations are of little consequence. This article argues that exposure is a significant process…
Liberal democracies and the torture of their citizens
The lawyers’ war
While torture and assassination have not infrequently been used by states, the post 9/11 "war on terror" waged by the U.S. This is surprising insofar as the primary theories that have been mobilized by sociologists and political scientists to understand the relation between the spread of human rights norms and state action presume that states will increasingly adhere to such norms in their rhetoric, if not always in practice. Thus, while it is no…
The Lawyers' War
This is surprising insofar as the primary theories that have been mobilized by sociologists and political scientists to understand the relation between the spread of human rights norms and state action presume that states will increasingly adhere to such norms in their rhetoric, if not always in practice. Thus, while it is not inconceivable that the US would engage in torture and assassination, we would expect these acts would be conducted under …
Security
Security is a vital subject of study in the twenty-first century and a central theme in many social science disciplines. This volume provides a comparative analysis of the ways in which the concept of security is theorized and studied across different disciplines. The book has two objectives: first, to explore the growing diversity of theories, paradigms, and methods developed to study security; and, second, to initiate a multidisciplinary dialog…
Film Review
Film Review
Modernity and Terrorism
Disciplining Terror
Since 9/11 we have been told that terrorists are pathological evildoers, beyond our comprehension. Before the 1970s, however, hijackings, assassinations, and other acts we now call 'terrorism' were considered the work of rational strategic actors. Disciplining Terror examines how political violence became 'terrorism', and how this transformation ultimately led to the current 'war on terror'. Drawing upon archival research and interviews with terr…
Experts, États et théorie des champs. Sociologie de l'expertise en matière de terrorisme
The study of expertise has generally been guided by an assumption that the production of expert knowledge occurs within institutionalized fields of knowledge production. This assumption has shaped both theory development and the selection of empirical cases. As a result, studies have tended to neglect the emergence of knowledge in other contexts. The situation has recently evolved, however, with the introduction of the concepts of “interstitial” …
Toward a Sociology of “Security”
Security as a phenomenon has come to occupy increasing social energy and thus merits sociological attention. But the question of how to go about studying “security” is somewhat vexing, because the concept of “security” is both highly polysemous (Ranasinghe 2013) and one that can potentially be located within a wide spectrum of social sites, ranging from the feelings of individuals to the practices of states. I suggest that we must first clarify w…
Taking Liberties
Disciplining an Unruly Field
How Does 'Culture' Become 'Capital'? Cultural and Institutional Struggles over 'Character and Personality' at Harvard
Although the concept of cultural capital has been widely adopted in sociological studies of culture, education, and stratification, few studies have addressed the processes through which specific instantiations of cultural capital become important in particular institutional locations. This article, based on an analysis of primary documents relating to changes in admissions policies at Harvard College between 1945 and 1965, addresses the question…
Disciplining an Unruly Field
Truth and consequences? Reconceptualizing the politics of exposure
Secrecy, especially state secrecy, has taken on increasing interest for scholars of international relations and security studies. However, even with interest in secrecy on the rise, there has been little explicit attention paid to exposure. The breaking of secrecy has generally been relegated to the role of a mere ‘switch’, whose internal workings and variations are of little consequence. This article argues that exposure is a significant process…
Rethinking the 'crisis of expertise
How Does 'Culture' Become 'Capital'? Cultural and Institutional Struggles over 'Character and Personality' at Harvard
Although the concept of cultural capital has been widely adopted in sociological studies of culture, education, and stratification, few studies have addressed the processes through which specific instantiations of cultural capital become important in particular institutional locations. This article, based on an analysis of primary documents relating to changes in admissions policies at Harvard College between 1945 and 1965, addresses the question…
Tortured Logic
Toward a Sociology of “Security”
Security as a phenomenon has come to occupy increasing social energy and thus merits sociological attention. But the question of how to go about studying “security” is somewhat vexing, because the concept of “security” is both highly polysemous (Ranasinghe 2013) and one that can potentially be located within a wide spectrum of social sites, ranging from the feelings of individuals to the practices of states. I suggest that we must first clarify w…
Experts, États et théorie des champs. Sociologie de l'expertise en matière de terrorisme
The study of expertise has generally been guided by an assumption that the production of expert knowledge occurs within institutionalized fields of knowledge production. This assumption has shaped both theory development and the selection of empirical cases. As a result, studies have tended to neglect the emergence of knowledge in other contexts. The situation has recently evolved, however, with the introduction of the concepts of “interstitial” …
Where is Palestine in Critical Terrorism Studies? A roundtable conversation
Our ethical responsibilities as researchers within or related to the study of “terrorism” could not be clearer than in moments when the “terrorism” label is used to justify mass killing and destruction. The state of Israel has relentlessly continued to bombard Gaza since 7 October 2023 and, with the support of Western nations, built consensus around framing all Palestinians as (potential) terrorists. In light of the horrors that the world is witn…
The Lawyers' War
This is surprising insofar as the primary theories that have been mobilized by sociologists and political scientists to understand the relation between the spread of human rights norms and state action presume that states will increasingly adhere to such norms in their rhetoric, if not always in practice. Thus, while it is not inconceivable that the US would engage in torture and assassination, we would expect these acts would be conducted under …
How Does 'Culture' Become 'Capital'? Cultural and Institutional Struggles over 'Character and Personality' at Harvard
Although the concept of cultural capital has been widely adopted in sociological studies of culture, education, and stratification, few studies have addressed the processes through which specific instantiations of cultural capital become important in particular institutional locations. This article, based on an analysis of primary documents relating to changes in admissions policies at Harvard College between 1945 and 1965, addresses the question…
Disciplining an Unruly Field
Disciplining Terror
Since 9/11 we have been told that terrorists are pathological evildoers, beyond our comprehension. Before the 1970s, however, hijackings, assassinations, and other acts we now call 'terrorism' were considered the work of rational strategic actors. Disciplining Terror examines how political violence became 'terrorism', and how this transformation ultimately led to the current 'war on terror'. Drawing upon archival research and interviews with terr…
Experts, États et théorie des champs. Sociologie de l'expertise en matière de terrorisme
The study of expertise has generally been guided by an assumption that the production of expert knowledge occurs within institutionalized fields of knowledge production. This assumption has shaped both theory development and the selection of empirical cases. As a result, studies have tended to neglect the emergence of knowledge in other contexts. The situation has recently evolved, however, with the introduction of the concepts of “interstitial” …
Toward a Sociology of “Security”
Security as a phenomenon has come to occupy increasing social energy and thus merits sociological attention. But the question of how to go about studying “security” is somewhat vexing, because the concept of “security” is both highly polysemous (Ranasinghe 2013) and one that can potentially be located within a wide spectrum of social sites, ranging from the feelings of individuals to the practices of states. I suggest that we must first clarify w…
Taking Liberties
Security
Security is a vital subject of study in the twenty-first century and a central theme in many social science disciplines. This volume provides a comparative analysis of the ways in which the concept of security is theorized and studied across different disciplines. The book has two objectives: first, to explore the growing diversity of theories, paradigms, and methods developed to study security; and, second, to initiate a multidisciplinary dialog…
Film Review
Film Review
Modernity and Terrorism
The lawyers’ war
While torture and assassination have not infrequently been used by states, the post 9/11 "war on terror" waged by the U.S. This is surprising insofar as the primary theories that have been mobilized by sociologists and political scientists to understand the relation between the spread of human rights norms and state action presume that states will increasingly adhere to such norms in their rhetoric, if not always in practice. Thus, while it is no…
The Lawyers' War
This is surprising insofar as the primary theories that have been mobilized by sociologists and political scientists to understand the relation between the spread of human rights norms and state action presume that states will increasingly adhere to such norms in their rhetoric, if not always in practice. Thus, while it is not inconceivable that the US would engage in torture and assassination, we would expect these acts would be conducted under …
Liberal democracies and the torture of their citizens
Truth and consequences? Reconceptualizing the politics of exposure
Secrecy, especially state secrecy, has taken on increasing interest for scholars of international relations and security studies. However, even with interest in secrecy on the rise, there has been little explicit attention paid to exposure. The breaking of secrecy has generally been relegated to the role of a mere ‘switch’, whose internal workings and variations are of little consequence. This article argues that exposure is a significant process…
Legalizing war/militarizing law
Tortured Logic
Rethinking the 'crisis of expertise
Where is Palestine in Critical Terrorism Studies? A roundtable conversation
Our ethical responsibilities as researchers within or related to the study of “terrorism” could not be clearer than in moments when the “terrorism” label is used to justify mass killing and destruction. The state of Israel has relentlessly continued to bombard Gaza since 7 October 2023 and, with the support of Western nations, built consensus around framing all Palestinians as (potential) terrorists. In light of the horrors that the world is witn…
Political science (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Law (15 works) · Law (11 works) · Politics (8 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Human rights (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Terrorism (5 works) · Torture (5 works)