CSSGJ Open Seminar. Thursday 24th September @ 4pm
Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) | 17.09.2009 12:24 | Education | Social Struggles | Terror War
"Barbarians at the gates - the historical construction of the 'universal terrorist'"
An open seminar presented by Matt Carr, author of 'The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism from the Assassination of Alexander II to al-Qaeda (New Press 2007)
followed by discussion
An open seminar presented by Matt Carr, author of 'The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism from the Assassination of Alexander II to al-Qaeda (New Press 2007)
followed by discussion
AT: The University of Nottingham Staff Club, University park, Nottingham - 
http://www/about/campuses/up-directions.php
FROM: 4 - 5:30
FOR: Everybody with an interest in social and global justice and wants to challenge,share and air their views
MORE ABOUT THE SEMINAR: Terrorists and terrorism have often been depicted in terms of absolute and antithetical opposites, civilisation versus barbarism, democracy versus terrorism, 'us' versus 'them'. This talk will look at some of the faces of terrorism in various historical episodes, and examine how different representations of terrorist violence have overlapped with counterinsurgency propaganda to form an image of the 'universal terrorist', whose underlying characteristics and intentions are perceived as broadly similar.
http://www/about/campuses/up-directions.php FROM: 4 - 5:30
FOR: Everybody with an interest in social and global justice and wants to challenge,share and air their views
MORE ABOUT THE SEMINAR: Terrorists and terrorism have often been depicted in terms of absolute and antithetical opposites, civilisation versus barbarism, democracy versus terrorism, 'us' versus 'them'. This talk will look at some of the faces of terrorism in various historical episodes, and examine how different representations of terrorist violence have overlapped with counterinsurgency propaganda to form an image of the 'universal terrorist', whose underlying characteristics and intentions are perceived as broadly similar.
Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ)
e-mail:
cssgj@nottingham.ac.uk
Homepage:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cssgj