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The Terror Speaks: Inside Pakistan's Terrorism Discourse and National Action Plan.
- Source :
- Studies in Conflict & Terrorism; 2018, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p319-337, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This article, employing a poststructuralist Critical Discourse Analysis, reveals cracks, discrepancies, and inconsistencies in Pakistan's discourse on terrorism and practice. I argue that Pakistan continuously constructs a “monstrous enemy” and magnifies it in a way that conceals alternative representations of reality that could show that the state, by presenting itself as a victim of terrorism, is using phenomena of political violence to serve its political objectives inside and outside the boundaries of the state. The article argues that after a militant attack on a school in northwest Pakistan, critical, liberal, and dissenting narratives mingled with the dominant state discourse in a fashion that strengthen illiberal practices in the country, thus undermining the ideals of democracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1057610X
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128375675
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2017.1284448