Hi everyone,

Hope you enjoyed our class this week. Just wanted to fire a quick blog post to give you some more pointers about thinking critically on matters related to terrorism and political violence – that is, after all, the whole purpose of our seminar this semester.

First of all, for those of you who are interested in learning more about the approach we dicussed in class, “Critical Terrorism Studies” – and who want to go beyond the texts I have suggested and provided in the LearnWeb so far, you can have a look at the recently published book of the same name (see image below). The book is available for online preview at Google Books, and for purchase at Amazon. The editors of the book are some of the key people associated with creating this approach to the study of terrorism, and they are all members of the recently created Centre for the Study of Radicalisation & Contemporary Political Violence (follow the link and explore their website, it’s full of interesting materials). In addition to this, you may also wish to visit the website of the journal “Critical Studies on Terrorism”, edited by Taylor and Francis, and which aims to promote and present research done along the critical lines we have discussed in class.

The journal (especially the early numbers) is quite useful for you to get to know some of the other       scholars that have taken up this approach, and also to foreground some of the criticism that CTS has had to deal with.