History The legacy of political violence

Sociology has a proud history of exploring and identifying long-term processes which help in understanding contemporary relations and activities. Yet in this chapter I argue that historical sociology has largely been consigned to history. Studies of terrorism also neglect the importance of the past...

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Published inThe Sociology of Terrorism pp. 24 - 43
Main Author Vertigans, Stephen
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Routledge 2011
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
Subjects
Peace studies
Sociology
Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle
Provisional IRA
Anarchist Cookbook
RAF Member
Italian Terrorism
Contemporary Societies
Real IRA
IRA Leader
Patrizio Peci
West Germany
DDR Programme
Red Army Faction
IRA Commander
Continuity IRA
National Habitus
Aum Supreme Truth
INLA
Muhammad Qasim
IRA Member
LTTE
FNLA
Terror Groups
Terrorist Career
Ibn Saud
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ISBN9780415572651
0415572665
9780415572668
0415572657
DOI10.4324/9780203855812-3

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Summary:Sociology has a proud history of exploring and identifying long-term processes which help in understanding contemporary relations and activities. Yet in this chapter I argue that historical sociology has largely been consigned to history. Studies of terrorism also neglect the importance of the past for the emergence and duration of groups. I am therefore contemplating throwing a few stones into this gaping sociological and subject-specific chasm. My particular intentions are twofold: to examine how terror groups utilise history to try to mobilise support and justify the use of political violence; and to investigate societies before the formation of terror groups to establish if preceding activities, policies and processes provide a legacy for subsequent political violence or residues within radical habitus.
ISBN:9780415572651
0415572665
9780415572668
0415572657
DOI:10.4324/9780203855812-3