Course Details
Country:
Ireland
Institution:
Dublin City University
Course Title:
Contemporary Political Terrorism
Course Number:
POL1032
Course Description:
The events of 9/11 spectacularly highlighted the destructive capacity of international terrorism, whilst also demonstrating its profound capacity to affect the international system. Though the phenomenon of ‘Islamist Terrorism’—as it is commonly denoted—subsequently came to dominate modern conceptions of terrorism, it is important to recall the history of terrorism and take note of the changing landscape around contemporary political violence. As such, this course examines some of the key dimensions of international terrorism, both historical and contemporary, and provides students with a broad range of perspectives from which to engage with the subject. The conceptual framework for this course is structured around a central dichotomy between ‘old’ and ‘new’. In this sense, students will be challenged as to whether it is possible to distinguish between socalled ‘old’ and ‘new’ terrorism, and with the advent of more ‘critical’ approaches to the study of terrorism, whether one can discern between ‘old terrorism
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 444, GOVT 398, CRIM 485, CRIM 475
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