What is Terrorism? Redefining a Phenomenon in Time of War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11218916 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon, Benjamin Grob‐Fitzgibbon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-246 |
| Publication date | 2005-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peace & Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-0508 • E-ISSN: 1468-0130 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0149-0508.2005.00318.x |
| OpenAlex | W1481634934 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the government of the United States, along with many of its allies, declared war on terrorism. What exactly is meant by terrorism, however, has not been made clear. This article contends that without such a definition, the term will lose all its utility and any war against an undefined terrorism will ultimately become unmanageable and unsuccessful. The article, therefore, seeks a new definition of terrorism, looking at the phenomenon not as a single experience but instead dividing it into four separate categories: national terrorism, revolutionary terrorism, reactionary terrorism, and religious terrorism. The article then concludes that unless a clear definition of terrorism is given and agreed upon, the present war on terrorism will become nothing more than a vague abstraction
Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Nothing · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reactionary · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Terrorism · Law · Philosophy · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2020 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |