PO102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Oklahoma City Bombing, Baltimore, Bashar Al-Assad
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Violence is a tool in case of terrorism. It can be exercised by the powerful or the weak. Citizens experience the violence though they may not have a role. Hannah arendt: violence unsupported by political will never accomplish political goals. Udda(cid:374) huddei(cid:374) used (cid:448)iole(cid:374)(cid:272)e agai(cid:374)st people a(cid:374)d (cid:449)as (cid:271)a(cid:272)ked (cid:271)y the u , ba(cid:859)ath party and sunni muslims so his violence was effective. Arendt also argued: violence is never legitimate, can be justifiable to lessens peoples suffering. Terrorism: differs because there is in-discriminant violence against civilians, definition debated but when seen people know, examples: israeli olympics, 1985 air india, dec. 21/88, tokyo 1955 saran gas, Use of threat of violence as a strategy to achieve certain goals. Aims to induce fear causing people to alter their behaviour. The emotional reaction to the act or threat. There is a rise in global terrorism but this rise is in the middle east and russia.
