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5. Killing before an Audience: Terrorism as Performance Violence
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Introduction: Constructions of Terrorism 1
- 1. Can Terrorism Be Defined? 11
- 2. Misoverestimating Terrorism 21
- 3. Terrorism as Tactic 38
- 4. The Construction of State Terrorism 53
- 5. Killing before an Audience: Terrorism as Performance Violence 67
- 6. Constructing Terrorism: From Fear and Coercion to Anger and Jujitsu Politics 79
- 7. Framing Terrorism: The Communicative Constitution of the Terrorist Actor 91
- 8. Some Thoughts on Constructions of Terrorism and the Framing of the Terrorist Threat in the United Kingdom 108
- 9. Contradictions in the Terrorist Discourse and Constraints on the Political Imagination of Violence 125
- 10. Legal Constructions of Terrorism 138
- 11. Do Different Definitions of Terrorism Alter Its Causal Story? 151
- 12. Analyzing Pathways of Lone-Actor Radicalization: A Relational Approach 163
- 13. Constructing Cultures of Martyrdom across Religions, Time, and Space 181
- 14. Introducing the Government Actions in Terror Environments (GATE) Data Set 193
- 15. The World versus Daesh: Constructing a Contemporary Terrorist Threat 208
- Conclusion: Understanding How Terrorism Is Constructed 223
- Contributors 231
- Index 233
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Introduction: Constructions of Terrorism 1
- 1. Can Terrorism Be Defined? 11
- 2. Misoverestimating Terrorism 21
- 3. Terrorism as Tactic 38
- 4. The Construction of State Terrorism 53
- 5. Killing before an Audience: Terrorism as Performance Violence 67
- 6. Constructing Terrorism: From Fear and Coercion to Anger and Jujitsu Politics 79
- 7. Framing Terrorism: The Communicative Constitution of the Terrorist Actor 91
- 8. Some Thoughts on Constructions of Terrorism and the Framing of the Terrorist Threat in the United Kingdom 108
- 9. Contradictions in the Terrorist Discourse and Constraints on the Political Imagination of Violence 125
- 10. Legal Constructions of Terrorism 138
- 11. Do Different Definitions of Terrorism Alter Its Causal Story? 151
- 12. Analyzing Pathways of Lone-Actor Radicalization: A Relational Approach 163
- 13. Constructing Cultures of Martyrdom across Religions, Time, and Space 181
- 14. Introducing the Government Actions in Terror Environments (GATE) Data Set 193
- 15. The World versus Daesh: Constructing a Contemporary Terrorist Threat 208
- Conclusion: Understanding How Terrorism Is Constructed 223
- Contributors 231
- Index 233
