The Problem of Apocalyptic Terrorism

Meggitt, Justin J.

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“…What follows could be criticised for being impressionistic but, as this is an opinion piece, I hope that readers will be tolerant if it lacks the detailed evidential support for what I have to say. I have attempted to provide exactly that in a fuller analysis of the subject along the lines sketched here, in another publication (Meggitt, 2020). I nearly always feel a little unwell when I hear experts in other fields talk about my own, not least because they often seem to declaim with such certainty about subjects about which I have long since ceased to be so sure.…”

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Terrorism: Its Past, Present & Future Study - A Special Issue to Commemorate CSTPV at 25

Brunton

Wilson

2020

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Contemporary Voices, Handa CSTPV 25 th Anniversary Special Issue 3 Discussion 1-Revisiting the wicked problem of defining terrorism by Alex P. Schmid Contemporary Voices, Handa CSTPV 25 th Anniversary Special Issue 6 5. Terrorism is an act of political violence which means that in the end it is intended to force senior decision makers to change their policy radically…; 6. The violence of terrorism is primarily directed at civilians; 7. The direct victims of terrorism are selected at random from a general target group; 8. The actual victims of terrorism, its direct targets, are not identical to its target group, which is the indirect but principal objective of the violence; 9. Between the violence of terrorism and its political consequences, or, between the direct victims of terrorism and its target group, there is an intermediate variable: fear; 10. The scene of terrorism is a monumental drama that arouses primordial, primitive instincts; 11. Behind the active aspect of terrorism there is an underground group that is either more or less autonomous or a secretive executive arm of a large and well-known organisation; 12. The terrorist group is a non-state organ or, at most, only partially associated with an established governmental institution and under its control (Aran, 2019. For an alternative list of twelve elements defining terrorism, see: Schmid, 2011, pp. 86-7). While this is a very useful list, there is one crucial element missing. Propaganda by the deed The crucial element that has stayed central with the tactic of terrorism is the role of witnesses and the media. While in the late eighteenth century serial public executions of 'enemies of the revolution' by the guillotine were used to create and spread terror, in the nineteenth century a sensationalist rotary press amplified the impact of terrorist bombings. Anarchist and social-revolutionary theorists and practitioners discovered that one could use demonstrative acts of public violence as a way to enter the news system. They called it 'propaganda by the deed'. To quote one of them, the German-American Johannes Most (1885): 'Everyone knows […] that the more highly placed the one shot or blown up, and the more perfectly executed the attempt, the greater the propagandistic effect. […] What is important is not solely these actions themselves but also the propagandistic effect that they are able to achieve. Hence, we preach not only action in and for itself, but also action as propaganda' (quoted in Laqueur, 1978, pp. 100, 105). By killing heads of state and government, ranging from the Russian Czar Alexander II (1881) to the Italian King Umberto (1900), terrorists made headlines without paying a penny in advertising costs. The principle of accessing the world's news system by deliberately creating bad news has remained the same. As one German terrorist explained in 1970: 'We give the media what they need: newsworthy events. They cover us, explain our causes and this, unwittingly, legitim...

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Terrorism: Its Past, Present & Future Study - A Special Issue to Commemorate CSTPV at 25

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Wilson

2020

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“…Gender emancipation and equality are positive, independent, and oriented towards improving the quality of life. Therefore, women's involvement must be re-examined and followed up because their roles become more aggressive and bolder (Meggitt, 2020).…”

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Women as Terrorists: a Motivational Factor Becomes a Terrorist In Indonesia

Wirandari

Qodir²

2022

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This study aims to determine whether women's motivation to become terrorists can threaten state security in Indonesia. This article shows that women are actors who play an active role in several acts of terrorism in the country. Factors that cause this to become a terrorist are low family, political and social economics, cultural influences, and ideology of religious beliefs. Terrorist acts carried out by women involve suicide bombings, destruction of public facilities, and destruction of houses of worship in several areas affected by terrorist acts. Researchers conducted research by analyzing data obtained from social media sources for data collection. After the data was received, it was processed through NVivo 12 Plus to make it more interesting. The theory used in this study uses the ladder of terrorism theory. The limitation of this research is that it uses only a few social media as data sources, so further research is expected to add richer data to expand the study.

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The Problem of Apocalyptic Terrorism

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Terrorism: Its Past, Present & Future Study - A Special Issue to Commemorate CSTPV at 25

Terrorism: Its Past, Present & Future Study - A Special Issue to Commemorate CSTPV at 25

Women as Terrorists: a Motivational Factor Becomes a Terrorist In Indonesia

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