The human faces of terror

Reflections in a cracked looking-glass

Bibliographic Data

ID12918794
AuthorsKen Booth (Aberystwyth University, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume1
Issue1
Pages65-79
Publication date2008-03-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Studies on Terrorism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1753-9161 • E-ISSN: 1753-9153
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17539150701879816
OpenAlexW2087433366
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited11

Keywords: critical terrorism studiescritical theoryemancipationevilinternational relationspolitical violencesecuritystrategyterrorterrorismterrorists Notes 1. This image is from Oscar Wilde (Kiberd 1997 Kiberd, D. 1997. "Oscar Wilde: the resurgence of lying". In The Cambridge companion to Oscar Wilde, Edited by: Raby, P. 276–294. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Google Scholar], p. 284). 2. Explained at length by Booth (2007 Booth, K. 2007. Theory of world security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]). 3. Quoted in Booth (2007 Booth, K. 2007. Theory of world security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], p. 337). 4. This is a view shared with Chomsky (Booth 2007 Booth, K. 2007. Theory of world security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], p. 267). 5. These points are elaborated in Booth (2007 Booth, K. 2007. Theory of world security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], pp. 230–249). 6. The issues are discussed further in Booth (2007 Booth, K. 2007. Theory of world security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], pp. 234–236). 7. Despite this, the author is not inclined to attach the word 'terrorist' to somebody who brings about terror as a result of carelessness, neglect, or inadvertence. In many parts of the world in recent years violent mud slides, dangerous floods, and nightmare hurricanes have caused death and terror, but it would be going too far – perhaps? – to stick the label 'terrorist' on those whose ordinary lives have contributed to the human role in what the World Wildlife Fund rightly insists on calling 'climate chaos'. There is some value in preserving the label 'terrorist' for those who plan or commit deliberate acts of terror against civilians for political purposes. 8. Cole's arguments are discussed at more length in Booth (2007 Booth, K. 2007. Theory of world security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], pp. 445–449). 9. This sentence is an almost direct paraphrase of Bauer's (2007, p. 38) words about the Holocaust. 10. Quoted and discussed in Jackson et al. (2007 Jackson, R., Gunning, J. and Breen Smyth, M. . The case for a critical terrorism studies. Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. [Google Scholar], p. 5). 11. These matters are discussed in Booth and Wheeler (2008 Booth, K. and Wheeler, N. J. 2008. "The security dilemma. fear, cooperation and trust in world politics". Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. [Google Scholar], pp. 237–241, 247–248, 297–298). 12. This argument is elaborated in Booth (2007 Booth, K. 2007. Theory of world security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], pp. 395–426). 13. The concept of emancipation is discussed in Booth (2007 Booth, K. 2007. Theory of world security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], esp. pp. 90–91, 111–116, 256–260, 277–278). 14. This definition derives from the author's definition of a critical theory of security (Booth 2007 Booth, K. 2007. Theory of world security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], pp. 30–31)

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