Book contents
- Disciplining Terror
- Disciplining Terror
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The invention of terrorism and the rise of the terrorism expert
- 3 From insurgents to terrorists: experts, rational knowledge, and irrational subjects
- 4 Disasters, diplomats, and databases: rationalization and its discontents
- 5 “Terrorism fever”: the first war on terror and the politicization of expertise
- 6 Loose can(n)ons: from “small wars” to the “new terrorism”
- 7 The road to pre-emption
- 8 The politics of (anti-)knowledge: disciplining terrorism after 9/11
- 9 Conclusion: the trouble with experts
- References
- Index
Dedication
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Disciplining Terror
- Disciplining Terror
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The invention of terrorism and the rise of the terrorism expert
- 3 From insurgents to terrorists: experts, rational knowledge, and irrational subjects
- 4 Disasters, diplomats, and databases: rationalization and its discontents
- 5 “Terrorism fever”: the first war on terror and the politicization of expertise
- 6 Loose can(n)ons: from “small wars” to the “new terrorism”
- 7 The road to pre-emption
- 8 The politics of (anti-)knowledge: disciplining terrorism after 9/11
- 9 Conclusion: the trouble with experts
- References
- Index
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- Disciplining TerrorHow Experts Invented 'Terrorism', pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013