DE-CONTEXTUALIZATION IN THE TERRORISM DISCOURSE: A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST VIEW
DE-CONTEXTUALIZATION IN THE TERRORISM DISCOURSE: A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST VIEW
Author(s): Livio NimmerSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Kaitseväe Ühendatud Õppeasutused
Keywords: terrorism discourse; de-contextualization; social constructionism; language and politics
Summary/Abstract: This essay will analyze how in post 9/11 public discourse “terrorism” is constructed. We use language to structure our world. Language not only determines how we see the world, but also what kinds of actions are possible. It functions as an instrument of power and groups struggling for domination use language to create and maintain a hegemonic regime of truth. Terrorism could be viewed as a “construct” produced by particular social actors to serve their political needs. In dominant terrorism discourse theological language is employed to de-contextualize terrorist’s motives from historical-material settings and construct terrorism as a metaphysical phenomenon.
Journal: KVÜÕA toimetised
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 223-240
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
