Contemporary Reflections on Critical Terrorism Studies

Bringing together established and emerging voices in Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS), this book offers fresh and dynamic reflections on CTS and envisages possible lines of future research and ways forward.

Autorentext

Alice Martini is Lecturer in International Relations at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. She has been a board member of the EISA Early Career Development Group and the BISA Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group. She is the author of various publications including The UN and Counter-terrorism: Global Hegemonies, Power, and Identities (2021).

Raquel da Silva is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra and Integrated Researcher at CEI-Iscte. She is the author of Narratives of Political Violence: Life Stories of Former Militants (2019). Her research has been funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, the British Academy and the European Union, among others.

Inhalt

Introduction: CTS 20 Years After 9/11. Where We Have Been, Where Are We Going SECTION 1: Pathbreaking Dialogues in CTS ** 1. Violence, Power and the Revolutionary Potential of Nonviolent Counterterrorism 2. European Urban (Counter-)Terrorism's Spacetimematterings: More-Than-Human Materialisations in Situationscaping Times 3. CTS and Indigeneity: Can CTS Approaches be Indigenous? 4. Terrorism and the Middle East? A Decolonial Teaching Project to Soften a Stubborn Association 5. Reengaging Critical Terrorism Studies with the Production of Terrorism Expertise: Exploring the role of Twitter SECTION 2: CTS at Emerging Crossroads and Intersections** 6. Counting the Dead: CTS and The Politics of Dead Bodies 7. Reflections on Anarchist Futures of/for CTS 8. Can CTS listen? Silences in Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism 9. Critical Terrorism Studies and Temporality: It's About Time! SECTION 3: Performing CTS 10. The Stupidity of Racism in Legislation and in Objects is the Material to Create Art 11. Understanding Violence Through Story and Stitch: Narrative and Creative Methods for CTS 12. CTS and Postcolonial Hauntings: Performing Violent Pasts in São Tomé and Príncipe 13. CTS and Popular Culture: New Avenues to Understand Terrorism