Kritická studia terorismu: přehodnocení jeho hrozby?

• Authors: Fajmonová Veronika

Title variants

EN

Critical Terrorism Studies: Reconsideration of the Threat?

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This article reviews four books about terrorism, in particular about our reaction to this phenomenon and the response of Western civilization. Through the pages of these books the author presents a critical approach to terrorism, and stresses its main topics. Firstly, the article focuses on how big the terrorism threat is, provides some data, and offers the idea of overreaction. Further, it deals with the perception of terrorism and factors which have an impact on it, e.g. psychological mechanisms and the culture of fear. Afterwards, it proposes an alternative approach to how to respond to terrorism and to avoid negative outcomes. Finally, the author summarizes the contributions of each of the books and explains why it is worth reading them. There is no doubt about terrorism being a real threat. However, the threat is being exaggerated and the overreaction to terrorism is more destructive than terrorism itself, having the potential to transform into state terrorism.

Keywords

EN

criticial terrorism studies; misperception; overreaction; state terrorism; terrorism threat

• Publisher: Czech Political Science Association, Czech Republic
• Journal: Politologická revue (Czech Political Science Review)
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 197-215

Contributors

author

Fajmonová Veronika

• Středisko mezinárodních studií Jana Masaryka, Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů Vysoké školy ekonomické v Praze, CZECH REPUBLIC