Terrorism and the Politics of Naming
Edited by Michael Bhatia
Series: ThirdWorlds
List Price: $150.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-41372-5
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 08/30/2007
- Pages: 232
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Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors. 1. Fighting Words: Naming Terrorists, Bandits, Rebels and Other Violent Actors 2. Imaging Terror: Logos, Pathos and Ethos 3. Al-Qaeda - Terrorists, Hypocrites, Fundamentalists? The View from Within 4. Savagery in Democracy's Empire 5. Bandits and Blanket Thieves, Communists and Terrorists: The Politics of Naming Sandinistas in Nicaragua, 1927-36 and 1979-90 6. Liberation Struggle or Terrorism? The Politics of Naming the Ltte 7. Terrorists, Bandits, Spooks and Thieves: Russian Demonisation of the Chechens Before and Ssince 9/11 8. Savage Wars? Codes of Violence in Algeria, 1830s-1990s 9. Israeli Snipers in the Al-Aqsa Intifada: Killing, Humanity and Lived Experience 10. Words as Interventions: Naming in the Palestine-Israel Conflict 11. Know thy Enemy: Hizbullah, 'Terrorism' and the Politics of Perception 12. Themes in Official Discourses on Terrorism in Central Asia