Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of Kent
Course Title:
Terrorism and Modern Society
Course Number:
SOCI5940
Course Description:
Following the events of September 11 2001 public concerns surrounding the related threats associated with terrorism have inevitably deepened. This course provides a general introduction to terrorism and poses a series of questions that rarely feature in mainstream criminological and sociological discourse. Central elements of the course include an examination of the historical roots of terrorism; an analysis of threat posed by the various terrorist factions associated with the ‘global Salafi jihad’; the contextualization of terrorism within the context of late modernity; and an analysis of terrorism at the macro, meso, and micro levels.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399
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