| ID | 087841 |
| Title Proper | We're All Terrorists Now |
| Other Title Information | critical-or hypocritical-studies "on" terrorism? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Jones , David Martin ; Smith, M L R |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 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. |
| `In' analytical Note | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol. 32, No. 4; Apr 2009: p292-302 |
| Journal Source | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol. 32, No. 4; Apr 2009: p292-302 |
| Key Words | We're All Terrorists ; Critical ; Hypocritical ; Studies "on" Terrorism ; Studies “on” Terrorism |