Witnesses to Terror

Understanding the Meanings and Consequences of Terrorism

L. Howie (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

198 Seiten

2012
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-29975-7 (ISBN)

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This book argues that it is witnesses who are the targets of terrorism and that the question of whose witnessing counts, and which stories are the most legitimate, is of vital importance for understanding the meanings and consequences of contemporary terrorism.

LUKE HOWIE is Lecturer in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, Australia. He is also a member of the Global Terrorism Research Centre and the author of Terrorism, the Worker and the City and Terror on the Screen.

Preface Uncertainty in the Study of Terrorism The Witness of Terrorism Like a Weapon in the Street: Terrorism and the Media in the 21st Century Witnessing Terrorism and its Enduring Consequences Elder Witnesses: Witnessing Terrorism in Later/Middle Life Vampires, Lawyers, Merchant Bankers: Post-9/11 Organizations in Science Fiction Guarding the Contact Zones: Security Guards in a Time of Terror Witnessing Terrorism Notes Bibliography Index

Zusatzinfo	XII, 198 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-230-29975-X / 023029975X
ISBN-13	978-0-230-29975-7 / 9780230299757
Zustand	Neuware