The Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the history of terrorism, exploring its emergence, development, and global impact from antiquity to the present. The handbook offers a revaluation of the major narratives in the history of terrorism and examines the relationship between terrorism and modernity on a global scale. It presents cogent arguments and well-documented case studies that support a reading of terrorism as an explicitly modern phenomenon, and it also provides sustained analyses of the challenges involved in applying the theories and practices of modernity and terrorism to non-Western parts of the world. The volume covers a broad range of topics, including tyrannicide in ancient Greek political culture, the radical resistance movement against Roman rule, the invention of terrorism in Europe, Russia, and the United States, anarchist networks in France, Argentina, and China, imperial terror in Colonial Kenya, anti-colonial violence in India, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, and the German Autumn. Ultimately, the handbook provides an account of the global history of terrorism and coverage of the most important cases from this history, always presented with an eye towards their entanglement with the forces and technologies of modernity.

Format: Hardback
Length: 640 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism is a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the major narratives in the history of terrorism,spanning from antiquity to the twenty-first century. This handbook offers a fresh perspective on the emergence and utilization of terrorism throughout world history,providing a systematic analysis of the relationship between terrorism and modernity on a global scale.

Historians and political theorists have long asserted a link between terrorism and modernity,but this causal connection has rarely been thoroughly investigated. Consequently,unsubstantiated claims about the nature and origins of terrorism have spread widely. It is commonly portrayed as a perennial barbarism that exists outside of civilization,when in reality,it is a historically specific form of political violence generated by modern Western culture. This handbook presents compelling arguments and well-documented case studies that support the reading of terrorism as an explicitly modern phenomenon.

Furthermore,it offers sustained analyses of the challenges involved in applying the theories and practices of modernity and terrorism to non-Western regions of the world. The volume provides an overview of terrorism's antecedents in the pre-modern world,analyzes the emergence of terrorism in the West,and presents a series of case studies from non-Western parts of the world that collectively constitute terrorism's global reception history. The essays cover a broad range of topics,including tyrannicide in ancient Greek political culture,the radical resistance movement against Roman rule.

in Judea,the invention of terrorism in Europe,and the role of Russia in the modern era of terrorism. By examining these diverse topics,the handbook sheds light on the complex and multifaceted nature of terrorism,challenging traditional narratives and providing a more nuanced understanding of its historical and contemporary implications.

Weight: 1416g
Dimension: 256 x 80 x 45 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780199858569