Abstract
This article critically analyses the securitisation of Islam post-9/11 in the US and argues that this securitisation is a remote securitisation whereby the securitisers – the security practitioners – are placed at a distance from the securitisees – the Muslim community. This is achieved through two processes of security practice: linguistically by euphemising language and using metaphors, and analytically by understanding radicalisation through a rationalist perspective, which follows the “logic of expected consequences”. This article further problematises the rationalist view of radicalisation in the counterterrorism sector in the US and concludes by introducing a Bourdieusan concept of relationality to critical counter-radicalisation studies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 246-265 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Critical Studies on Terrorism |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2015 |
Keywords
- securitisation
- Islam
- Counter-radicalisation
- logic of expected consequences
- Euphemisms