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Affecting terrorism : laughter, lamentation and detestation as drives to terrorism knowledge

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Heath-Kelly, Charlotte and Jarvis, Lee (2017) Affecting terrorism : laughter, lamentation and detestation as drives to terrorism knowledge. International Political Sociology, 11 (3). pp. 239-256. doi:10.1093/ips/olx007 ISSN 1749-5679.

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Abstract

The contemporary fascination with terrorism in Anglo-American popular culture, political discourse, news reportage and beyond is boundless and well-documented. In this article we explore contemporary productions of terrorism as the outcome of three drives to knowledge: laugher, lamentation and detestation. Drawing on a range of social and cultural practices – including jokes, street art, film, memorial projects, elite rhetoric and abuse scandals – we make two arguments. First, that humour, grief and hatred underpin and saturate the contemporary desire to know terrorism. And, second, that – although these drives function in multiple and ambiguous ways – they serve to institute a distance between the subject and object of terrorism knowledge, not least by encouraging us to laugh at those punished for terrorism, mourn for those lost in attacks, and direct our hatred toward those responsible. This analysis not only opens fresh insight on the workings of terrorism discourse in the post-9/11 period, it also points to connections between contemporary ‘critical’ work on terrorism and debate on the role of emotions and affect in international politics more broadly.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Terrorism, Terrorism--Caricatures and cartoons, Terrorism--Humor, Terrorism in mass media, Political satire, Memorialization , Memorials, Laments
Journal or Publication Title: International Political Sociology
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1749-5679
Official Date: September 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
September 2017Published
6 September 2017Available
15 November 2016Accepted
Volume: 11
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 239-256
DOI: 10.1093/ips/olx007
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 15 November 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 14 May 2019
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number: ES/N002407/1

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