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the unmanageable other from the French revolution to the Islamic state
This work helps the reader understand what lies behind the use of monster images in relation to terrorism, exploring why media government officials present or frame terrorists as monsters, but also why terrorists themselves sometimes try to act as such. Marco Pinfari argues that portraying terrorists as unmanageable monsters typically serves specific political agendas that, in turn, are designed to legitimize specific counter-terrorist policies.
Introduction: terrorism, monsters and archetypal metaphors -- Terrorists seen as monsters -- The abominables : to the roots of "terrorist" monsters -- Contemporary logomachies -- Terrorists acting as monsters -- Revolutionary monstrosity -- Monsters in the "jihadi revolutionary atmosphere" -- Monstrous reflections -- The monstrous enemy in the "terrorist" mind -- The abyss of counter-terrorism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]