Government by experts
Counterterrorism intelligence and democratic retreat
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12919142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christos Boukalas (0000-0001-9329-4906, Lancaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 277-296 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies on Terrorism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-9161 • E-ISSN: 1753-9153 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17539153.2012.703809 |
| OpenAlex | W2090573218 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 30 |
The recently retired Homeland Security Advisory System constituted a main means by which the intensity of the terrorist threat was communicated to the United States' public. An examination of its inner workings and its social impact shows the System as part of a modality of government: an encapsulation of intelligence-led governmentality. Informed by the political philosophy of Cornelius Castoriadis, I contextualise this modality as a settling of fundamental tensions inherent in modern sociopolitical culture, those between the principle of social and personal autonomy, and that of rational mastery of people and nature. These principles are strongly connected to democratic and oligarchic political organisation, respectively, and they give rise to different justifications of state authority. In turn, they pertain to the fundamental question of whether scientific expertise on politics is possible
Democracy · Environmental ethics · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |