POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: French Resistance, Asymmetric Warfare, Robert Pape
23 Nov 2017
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Word invented in french revolution (1795: reign of terror , when guillotine was invented and put to use. De ned as a form of political violence. Most common form of political violence and terrorism: nationalist/ethnic movement rejects government"s legitimacy. Deeply controversial concept: especially in the last 20 years. Hard to de ne: partly due to the rampant use of the term outside of academia. Value-laden: political motivation to condemn: term is a condemnation, a way of expressing moral outrage and disgust. Term of abuse versus groups engaging in violent behaviour, by those opposing to the political and social goals of those groups. One person"s terrorist is another person"s freedom ghter. Terrorists versus guerrillas versus national liberation movement . What violent activity de ned as terrorist often depends on perceived legitimacy of group"s goals. Groups and individuals engage in violence all the time but which forms of violent activity are labelled as terrorist defend on the groups" goals.
