Oslender, U. (2008) Geographies of terror: an analyhtical framework for the study of terror. Scripta Nova: Revista Electronica de Geografia y Ciencias Sociales, 12(270), p. 144.
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Abstract
There is a consensus today that the so-called 'war on terror' has redefined political and diplomatic international relations. But what terror is evoked here exactly? In this context I want to propose a conceptual-methodological framework for the study of terror and terrorism, which I have called 'geographies of terror'. I propose this framework for two principal reasons: (1) to redirect contemporary geopolitical discourses on the ‘war on terror’ that define ‘terrorism’ in a restricted fashion as a terrorism against systems of the western neoliberal democratic state, while at the same time they hide ‘other terrorisms’, including those orchestrated by these very neoliberal democratic states; and (2) as a methodological tool for the systematic study of the impact of terror on local populations.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Oslender, Dr Ulrich |
| Authors: | Oslender, U. |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Scripta Nova: Revista Electronica de Geografia y Ciencias Sociales |
| ISSN (Online): | 1138-9788 |
| Published Online: | 01 August 2008 |
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