ATS1701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Terrorism And Political Violence, Christopher Hitchens, Noam Chomsky

• School: Monash University
• Department: Arts - ATS
• Course: ATS1701
• Professor: Luke Howie

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Is practicality or reality that emerges from these: anti-terrorism in civilian circles, prevention, social inclusion, social cohesion, early intervention, de- radicalization programmes. In military discourse: can involve (cid:1684)hearts and minds(cid:1685) approaches but also pre-emptive operations, such as early arrests and detentions. Imprecise and inevitably ends up describing otherwise legal acts: self-fulfilling prophecies, selective offences are terrorism, (cid:1688)illegal(cid:1689) according to whom, the word terrorism is inevitably abused. It(cid:1685)s always the actions (cid:1684)they(cid:1685) commit against us, and (cid:1684)we(cid:1685) is whoever we want to be at that present moment. Violence motivated by other forces is not terrorism it is something else. Paul wilkinson, (cid:1684)the media and terrorism(cid:1685): terrorism is identifiable in five key ways: It is premeditated and designed to create a climate of extreme fear; It is directed at a wider target than the immediate victims; It inherently involved attacks on random or symbolic targets, including civilians;