NUTR 431D2 Lecture 5: Terrorism.docx
20 Feb 2015
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Introduction: terrorism has filled in post cold war blanks, war on terror changed assuptoins, terrorism as a local threa,t not a global issue, war is a rational goal for political ends, terrorism is another form of crime, inter state order was built on secular/political conflicts, not religious, separation of combatants and non combatants. Problems in definition: politicized nature (loaded term, too narrow/too broad, actor vs. actor, general agreement on use of threat/force, political gain, and impact beyond those immediately affected, history, initia;ly used to describe actions taken by a state against other actors, 1968 beginning of modern" terrorism, imp: started with religions (cid:224) secular (cid:224) religions, anti colonial terrorism don"t need to win, just avoid future defeat, more recent, 1970s, left wing groups defenders of oppressed people, nationalist separatist groups, religious terrorism, right wing terrorism neo nazi/neofascist movements, new terrorism, diffuse organization, transnational, amateurism/professionalism, religion, role of publicity, coercion vs.
