We're All Terrorists Now
Critical—or Hypocritical—Studies “on” Terrorism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12407143 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Martin Jones (0000-0002-2554-8158, The University of Queensland, corresponding author), M L R Smith (0000-0001-7530-0997, University of London) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 292-302 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1057-610X • E-ISSN: 1521-0731 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10576100902744128 |
| OpenAlex | W2009910913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
This article reviews the new journal Critical Studies on Terrorism. The fashionable approach that this journal adopts towards the contemporary phenomenon of terrorism maintains that a “critical” and “self-reflexive” approach to the study of terrorism reveals a variety of shortcomings in the discipline. These range from a distorting over-identification with the Western democratic state perspective on terrorism to a failure to empathize with the misunderstood, non-Western, “other.” This review examines whether the claims of the critical approach adds anything, other than pedantry and obscurity, to our understanding of the phenomenon. It concludes that it does not
Criminology · Democracy · Epistemology · Perspective (graphical · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Terrorism · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · War, Ethics, and Justification
War and Terrorism Perceptions a Decade Later
Prévenir ou punir ? Expertise et justice préventive dans la « guerre contre la terreur » aux États-Unis
Unknown knowns
Introduction. Penser les rationalités des terrorismes
Violence et rationalité expressive. Réflexions sur les études critiques du terrorisme
L’historiographie québécoise et le terrorisme
Buckets, bollards and bombs
Reimaging Subjugated Voice in Africa
Interviewing the terrorists
Conclusion
Three waves of critical terrorism studies
The critical terrorism researcher
The end of emancipation? CTS and normativity
Critical terrorism studies and numbers
Listing terrorists”
Introduction
False dawns or new horizons? Further issues and challenges for Critical Terrorism Studies
Critical terrorism studies and the far-right
Governing the suicide bomber
The Cyberterrorism Threat
Above Reproach
A critical study of space in the geopolitics of terrorism
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |