3: The Shrinking Circle (1970–72): From Die Rote Armee aufbauen to the May Bombings

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Note on the Text xv
6. Introduction: Terrorists, Language, and the State 1
7. 1: Fighting Talk (1959–69): From the Peace Movement to the Revolutionary Legitimacy of Violence 21
8. 2: The Personal Is Political (1966–70): From Feminism to a Language for the Revolution 50
9. 3: The Shrinking Circle (1970–72): From Die Rote Armee aufbauen to the May Bombings 79
10. 4: Drawing a Line Between the Enemy and Ourselves: The Language Trap 116
11. 5: Violence as Identity: Prison Writing, 1972–76 149
12. 6: Violence as a Woman’s Identity? Terrorism and Gender 188
13. Conclusion: From Warrior Revolutionaries to Logical Fallacies: Language, Violence, and Identity 225
14. Works Cited 237
15. Index 251