CRIM 413 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: War Measures Act, James Cross, Conventional Warfare
16 Sep 2016
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Week 2 - sept 16 history & definitions. The practice of terrorism: at this time, no one is calling it terrorism but the idea of instilling fear for some motive (to get a message across) Jewish resistance fighters during this time: during the time when romans stomping over everything they see because they want everything so. Jewish resistance people fight back: this sets context for terrorism. Hired or professional killer: they were actually pretty organized groups and organizations so the name assassin is kind of misleading. Jacobins consolidating power and preventing counter-revolution: jacobins create political safety committee created a guillotine for people who threaten public safety (just chop off their heads, this executions were done by the government the people in power. Terror is only justice that is prompt, severe, and inflexible. So first use of the word terrorism is in the context of state terrorism. Ideological inspiration for anarchist and leftist groups that would follow.
