Against state terror
Lessons on memory, counterterrorism and resistance from the Global South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12918685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henrique Tavares Furtado (0000-0002-1917-3775, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 72-89 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies on Terrorism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-9161 • E-ISSN: 1753-9153 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17539153.2015.1005936 |
| OpenAlex | W2017044747 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 29 |
Critical theory avows that “where there is power there is always resistance”. However, the practical implications and consequences of particular modes of resistance remain, within World Politics, under-theorised. In critical terrorism studies (CTS), this critical imperative to resist has recently emerged in the proposal to remember state terrorism. With this move, CTS aims to disturb the legitimacy of forms of violence/terror that emerge from the state. In this article, I argue that such an agenda of “resistance through memory” has already been put forth in the Global South (specifically, Latin America). Drawing on this historical experience, I elucidate some problems with the critical imperative to resist. More specifically, I show how in Brazil the Global South counter-memorial narratives of state terror share a common ground with the Global North counterterrorism discourses. I do so by analysing three underlying tropes of Brazilian remembrance that replicate Global North representations of terrorists: bestialism, pathology and dehumanisation
International relations · Legitimacy · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · State (computer science · Terrorism · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Wounds of Memory
Memory, Trauma and World Politics
Trauma and the Memory of Politics
Memorias enfrentadas
Society Must Be Defended’
Are terrorists “insane”? A critical analysis of mental health categories in lone terrorists’ trials
State terrorism research and critical terrorism studies
The end of terrorism studies
The epistemological crisis of counterterrorism
The ghosts of state terror
Argentina's National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons
The Core Commitments of Critical Terrorism Studies
Bringing the State Back Into Terrorism Studies
The Spaces and Faces of Critical Terrorism Studies
From discourse to dispositif
Border monuments
Forget September 11
O Itamaraty nos anos de chumbo
The evolution of the European Union’s ‘fight against terrorism’ discourse
Ground Zero
A Shift in the Paradigm of Violence
Memory, Identity and the (Im)possibility of Reconciliation
Impunity in Post-authoritarian Brazil
Terrorism and violence
The War of Memory
Legacies of Authoritarianism
What is New about the New Terrorism and How Dangerous is It
Ditadura militar, tortura e história
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |