Tracing the Discourses of Terrorism Identity, Genealogy and State [Paperback]

This unique, historical study explores how states have articulated statements about terrorism since the 1930s and what effect these discourses have had on global politics. Ditrych's analysis challenges established understandings of terrorism, providing a new conceptualization of how terrorism discourse emerged historically.1. Introduction 2. Concerning Method 3. Overture: One World, Many Terrorisms 4. Emergence/y (1930s) 5. Division (1970s) 6. Enclosure (2000s) 7. Power and Knowledge 8. Conclusion: The Global Terrorism Dispositif and Its CritiqueOndrej Ditrych is a Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague and Assistant Professor at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He was previously a Fulbright Research Fellow at Harvard and Associate Fellow at the EUISS, Paris. He has written on terrorism, transatlantic security, EU external relations, and politics and security in the Caucasus.