SOC363H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Homeland Security Act, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Soc363: lecture 11: mass violence and disasters: understanding traumatic historical events. Make the point that ever historical event should be analyzed individually on a case by case basic- they all have different histories that lead to the event. Explore the effect of mental health due to 9/11. Effect on 9/11: research on terrorism: terrorism- use it carefully// attack on the state, the 9/11 had a huge effect on research on terrorism; increased published documents. Changes in the conduct of social life: homeland security act- allows broad powers of the govt to monitor, arrest and hold potential terrorists, airport security. Psychoanalytic understanding of terrorism: what is terrifying about terrorism? (twemlow, 2004): Expression of having power or taking power in an unprecedented way. Completely unpredictable. - creative approach to achieve this goal. Randomness of targets --- (cid:498)innocent civilians. (cid:499)- have nothing to do with the purpose.
