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'Terrorism' in the Moral Discourse of Humanity

Mark Evans

America's War on Terror

Swansea University Author: Mark Evans

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This chapter attempts to operationalise 'terrorism' as a normative concept in political discourse, recognising the limitations of such whilst also rebutting attempts to dispel - through relativism or scepticism - the relevance of normative discourse in the analysis of the 9/11 attacks in p...

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Published in: America's War on Terror
Published: Ashgate, Farnham 2009
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14552
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Abstract: This chapter attempts to operationalise 'terrorism' as a normative concept in political discourse, recognising the limitations of such whilst also rebutting attempts to dispel - through relativism or scepticism - the relevance of normative discourse in the analysis of the 9/11 attacks in particular.
Keywords: terrorism moral discourse global civil society -
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences