TOWARD A QUALITATIVE MICROPOLITICS OF TERROR

• NCJ Number: 40580
• Author(s): I L Horowitz
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 11 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REMARKS DELIVERED AT THE CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, D C, ON MARCH 25, 1976

Annotation

ARTICLE AIMS TO PLACE TERRORISM IN A SOCIAL AND THEORETICAL CONTEXT.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR CITES MARX AND THE MARXIST SUPPOSITION TO SEEK A FRAMEWORK FOR TERRORISM IN THE ATTEMPT TO CHANGE SOCIETY. TERRORISM IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH SCIENTIFIC DETERMINISM IN THAT IT ASSUMES THAT INDIVIDUAL ACTS CAN PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE ALTERATION OF SOCIETY. THE AUTHOR MAKES A PLEA FOR OFFICIALS TO PLACE TERRORISM IN THIS CONTEXT, AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM THAT THE TERRORIST OBJECTS TO, AS THE BEST INSURANCE AGAINST TERRORIST ACTS....BS