Open AccessThe Call to Terrorism and Other Weak Narratives: Identification As Disruptive Technique
Author(s) -
Ajit Maan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
narrative and conflict
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2332-6379
DOI - 10.13021/g8d59g
Subject(s) - narrative , terrorism , universality (dynamical systems) , identity (music) , social psychology , criminology , relevance (law) , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , psychology , political science , sociology , computer security , law , aesthetics , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , quantum mechanics
This paper explores the relationship between narrative, identity, and violent action, and will offer techniques for disrupting the relationship between violence and identity. The argument proceeds by first demonstrating the non-universality of Western narrative structure and the relevance of that non-universality, then documenting the correlation between narrative and identity and between identity and action, and ends with a suggestion that a successful anti-terrorism strategy should encompass conflict rather than engage it.