Britain and Terrorism: A Sociological Investigation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030722999)

Challenging the standard paradigm of terrorism research through the use of Norbert Elias's figurational sociology, Michael Dunning explores the development of terrorism in Britain over the past two centuries, focusing on long-term processes and shifting power dynamics. In so doing, he demonstrates that terrorism as a concept and designation is entwined with its antithesis, civilization. A range of process sociological concepts are deployed to tease out the sociogenesis of terrorism as part of Britain's relationships with France, Ireland, Germany, the Soviet Union, the industrial working classes, its colonies, and, most recently, jihadism. In keeping with the figurational tradition, Dunning examines the relationships between broad, macro-level processes and processes at the level of individual psyches, showing that terrorism is not merely a 'thing' done to a group, but part of a complex web of interdependent relations.

Author: Michael Dunning
ISBN-10: 3030722996
ISBN-13: 9783030722999
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2021
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.81d