Tag: Terrorism

August 14, 2019

Understanding the El Paso Massacre

“The study of lone wolf terrorism takes a significant leap forward in this important book. Hamm and Spaaij provide a thoughtful analysis and critical insights about the nature of lone wolf terrorism and terrorists. The book is a must-read for...

November 7, 2018

C. Heike Schotten on Queer Terror

Today, we are featuring a book from the New Directions in Critical Theory series with a guest post from C. Heike Schotten, author of Queer Terror: Life, Death, and Desire in the Settler Colony. In this book, C. Heike Schotten offers a...

October 26, 2018

Words Matter: The Many Meanings of Terrorism

This week we are featuring titles from our New Directions in Critical Theory series. Today, we have a guest post from Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, author of Genealogies of Terrorism: Revolution, State Violence, Empire. In this book, Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson rejects attempts to define what terrorism...

October 25, 2018

Book Excerpt! Queer Terror: Life, Death, and Desire in the Settler Colony

This week we are featuring titles from our New Directions in Critical Theory series. Today we have an excerpt from C. Heike Schotten’s Queer Terror: Life, Death, and Desire in the Settler Colony. In this book, C. Heike Schotten offers a critique of U.S. settler-colonial...

October 24, 2018

What’s in a Name?: Violence and the Responsibility of Political Theory

This week we are featuring titles from our New Directions in Critical Theory series. Today, we have a guest post from Mathias Thaler, author of Naming Violence: A Critical Theory of Genocide, Torture, and Terrorism. In this book, Thaler articulates a novel perspective on the study...

August 7, 2015

Introduction to "Terrorism in Cyberspace"

Read an excerpt from Gabriel Weimann’s introduction to TERRORISM IN CYBERSPACE: THE NEXT GENERATION.

August 6, 2015

Watch Gabriel Weimann discuss "Terrorism in Cyberspace"

Watch Gabriel Weimann, author of TERRORISM IN CYBERSPACE: THE NEXT GENERATION, discuss his new book with the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Wilson Center Now.

August 5, 2015

There’s No Such Thing as a Lone Wolf in Cyberspace

Read “There’s No Such Thing as a Lone Wolf in Cyberspace,” an article by Gabriel Weimann, author of TERRORISM IN CYBERSPACE: THE NEXT GENERATION, that originally appeared in the Reuters’ The Great Debate blog.

August 4, 2015

Bruce Hoffman's Foreword to "Terrorism in Cyberspace"

Read an excerpt from Bruce Hoffman’s foreword to Gabriel Weimann’s TERRORISM IN CYBERSPACE: THE NEXT GENERATION.

May 8, 2015

The Conclusion from Boaz Ganor's Global Alert

Read Boaz Ganor’s Conclusion from GLOBAL ALERT: THE RATIONALITY OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WORLD.

May 7, 2015

Defining Terrorism – Is One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?

Read excerpts from “Defining Terrorism – Is One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?,” an article by Boaz Ganor, author of GLOBAL ALERT: THE RATIONALITY OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WORLD.

May 6, 2015

The Definition of Terrorism: A Fundamental Counter-Terrorism Measure

Watch Boaz Ganor, author of GLOBAL ALERT: THE RATIONALITY OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WORLD, discuss the necessity for creating and agreeing upon a definition of terrorism.