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Disciplining terror : how experts invented "terrorism" / Lisa Stampnitzky.

Van Pelt Library HV6431 .S69 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stampnitzky, Lisa.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Terrorism.
Terrorism--Study and teaching--History.
Terrorism--Research--History.
Terrorism--Research.
History.
Terrorism--Study and teaching.
Local Subjects:
Terrorism.
Terrorism--Research--History.
Terrorism--Study and teaching--History.
Physical Description:
xii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Contents:
The invention of terrorism and the rise of the terrorism expert
From insurgents to terrorists : experts, rational knowledge, and irrational subjects
Disasters, diplomats, and databases : rationalization and its discontents
Terrorism fever : the first war on terror and the politicization of expertise
Loose can(n)onts : from small wars to the new terrorism
The road to pre-emption
The politics of (anti- )knowledge : disciplining terrorism after 9/11
The trouble with experts.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index.
ISBN:
9781107026636
1107026636
OCLC:
818985415
Publisher Number:
40022472491

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