CC209 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ku Klux Klan, Muammar Gaddafi, Walter Reich
Document Summary
Defining terrorism largely draws on a key distinction based on perspective: state-sponsored terrorism: when a government or its proxy uses terroristic violence to consolidate or protect its power. Almost any modern revolutionary organization may fit this description. Extremists are driven to express their beliefs in a definitive way, usually giving voice to an intolerance of those who hold beliefs that are different: extremism can manifest itself in many ways (verbal, artistic, etc. Many extremists have developed their own language loaded with judgments of others; the language can uphold elaborate conspiracies: the world of the extremist. Al qaeda: religious terrorism: committed for the furtherance of a matter of religious faith, such as to fulfill a mandate from a god. political varieties of terrorism, criminal terrorism: committed for personal gain/profit. Instructor resource: international terrorism: committed across state boundaries or a violent act that otherwise spills over into a more global setting.
