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Transnational Advocacy: Genocide Or Terrorism?, Terrence Lyons
Transnational Advocacy: Genocide Or Terrorism?, Terrence Lyons
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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Othering Terrorism: A Rhetorical Strategy Of Strategic Labeling, Michael Loadenthal
Othering Terrorism: A Rhetorical Strategy Of Strategic Labeling, Michael Loadenthal
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
The term terrorism is as value-laden a descriptor as one will encounter in the contemporary period. Though it evokes a strong image of an Orientalist, colonized, brown body enacting brutal, theatrical violence from behind a balaclava, the term itself describes very little. The decision to label a particular act, individual, or movement as terroristic is more a discursive question of politics than means. In the post-9/11 era, state-level rhetoricians describe their ideological enemies that can be “othered” as terrorists, while some are considered extremists. In doing so, Muslim, Arab, Asian, African, and foreign-born advocates and practitioners of political violence are …