POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Aum Shinrikyo, Babbar Khalsa, Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport
19 Dec 2016
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Political Science 1G06 2016 II Lecture 8a International terrorism
International terrorism
Three overarching questions about terrorism:
1. Can we define terrorism in an objective way?
2. Can we explain terrorism as a social scientific phenomenon?
3. What were/are the consequences of the “War on Terror”?
Was the American War on Terror a reasonable policy response to 9/11?
Terrorism
-A security issue that everyone has a sense of (COD, movies, real life events on
news)
-Fear, panic, shock, disbelief are a lot of feelings that occurred in regards to 9/11
-States love the term terrorism as long as it applies to everyone but them
-Breaking down terrorism into a form
Definition:
A necessary first step before analyzing terrorism is to define it
What is terrorism?
There is a politics associated with defining terrorism
The term is notoriously loaded
-Terrorism entails violence
-The term terrorism is used to work in favour of particular parties/states
-Terrorism is a political label, it is something that’s subjective
For example, what is the difference between terrorism and state violence?
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Document Summary
Political science 1g06 2016 ii lecture 8a international terrorism. A security issue that everyone has a sense of (cod, movies, real life events on news) Fear, panic, shock, disbelief are a lot of feelings that occurred in regards to 9/11. States love the term terrorism as long as it applies to everyone but them. A necessary rst step before analyzing terrorism is to de ne it. There is a politics associated with de ning terrorism. The term terrorism is used to work in favour of particular parties/states. Terrorism is a political label, it is something that"s subjective. There are clear parallels between state violence and terrorist violence. Wednesday, march 2, 2016: both kill civilians, both are directed at obtaining political ends, both cause terror in their wake, or what to make of the clich : one person"s terrorist is another person"s freedom.
