ATS1701 Lecture 11: Terrorism and Political Violence Lecture - Week 11 9/11 and Conspiracy Theories
25 May 2018
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Lecture - week 11 - 9/11 conspiracy theories
- great deal of conflicting information surrounding 9/11 attacks
- constitues a major concern for the media age
- the 9/11 truth movement while critical of the us gov is a non-violent entity
- conspiracy theories can have damaging impact within democratic states,
reducing levels of trust and legitimacy
- terrorism and conspiracy are significantly related
- some are referred to as false flag operations
- creating a chaotic situation that looks like it was perpetrated by one group, to
use as a cover to implement further restrictions on civil liberties
- norway - use white terrorist to justify further crackdowns on freedoms -
greater protective threat than muslims
- conspiracy - definition
• barking - conspiracy - the belief that an organisation made up of info
• individuals who hold power who act to decrease the power of others
• does not leave any room for chance
• stigmatised knowledge - information that is out there that people believe
is valid but is shunned by the status quo - gov, egos etc, shows its validity
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o various types
o
▪ forgotten
▪ superseded
▪ ignored
▪ rejected
▪ suppressed
- us and liberal democratic governments
• assassination of jfk
• watergate
• waco
- additional reasons for growth of conspiracies and stigmatised knowledge
• reactions to secularisation and modernity
• opposition to status quo
• rise of the importance of the individual
• means to re-enchant politics and social life
• possession of special knowledge which makes person more enlightened
than others
• becoming part of an elect group
- conspiracy theories fulfil psychological and social needs
• help to make sense of disturbing occurrences
• help to reaffirm their own potential ability to control the course of future
historical developments
• help to make complex pattens of cause and effect more comprehensible
- conspiracy and roles in terrorism and political violence
• terrorism and radicalisation are process
• conspiracy beliefs help to dehumanise enemies
• in military situations need to train people to kill
• compartmentalise the world into good and evil
• abilities to deflect all responsibility towards the other
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Document Summary
Lecture - week 11 - 9/11 conspiracy theories. Great deal of conflicting information surrounding 9/11 attacks. Constitues a major concern for the media age. The 9/11 truth movement while critical of the us gov is a non-violent entity. Conspiracy theories can have damaging impact within democratic states, reducing levels of trust and legitimacy. Some are referred to as (cid:494)false flag(cid:495) operations. Norway - use (cid:494)white(cid:495) terrorist to justify further crackdowns on freedoms - Creating a chaotic situation that looks like it was perpetrated by one group, to use as a cover to implement further restrictions on civil liberties greater protective threat than muslims. Us and liberal democratic governments: assassination of jfk, watergate, waco. Impact of 9/11 on government trust and support initial post 9/11 situation on windfall of support for government and president trust in president bush increased support for alleged links between iraq and 9/11. 9/11 commission report - decreased popular support for the government - bush.
