Security After the Unthinkable - Terror and Disenchantment in Norway

Starting with the astonishing lone-wolf terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utøyain July 2011 and the extraordinary mutation in security thinking that happened in its aftermath, this book develops an innovative theory of terrorism as the enchantment of danger.

About the author

J. Peter Burgess is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Chair in Geopolitics of Risk at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris

Summary

Starting with the astonishing lone-wolf terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utøyain July 2011 and the extraordinary mutation in security thinking that happened in its aftermath, this book develops an innovative theory of terrorism as the enchantment of danger. -- .

Product details

• Authors: J. Burgess, J. Peter Burgess, Burgess J. Peter
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781526166340
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6634-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis; New Approaches to Conflict Ana
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Norway, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Political science & theory, Terrorism, armed struggle, Violence in society, Political science and theory, Violence and abuse in society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries