Confronting apocalyptic terrorism : lessons from France and Japan
Terrorists who believe they have a role to play in bringing about the apocalypse pose a serious threat to countries around the world. In their quest to eradicate this especially pernicious form of terrorism, states, including liberal democratic ones, confront the understandable temptation to elimina...
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| author | Saiya, Nilay |
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| description | Terrorists who believe they have a role to play in bringing about the apocalypse pose a serious threat to countries around the world. In their quest to eradicate this especially pernicious form of terrorism, states, including liberal democratic ones, confront the understandable temptation to eliminate such groups through brute force: repression of apocalyptic groups and their constituencies at home and overwhelming military force abroad. Using a comparative case study of France and Japan, this article argues that such policies actually serve to perpetuate the very conditions that generate further terrorism rooted in apocalyptic beliefs. France’s policies of repression of Islam at home and militarism abroad have had the unintended consequence of encouraging attacks by those affiliated with the apocalyptic group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Conversely, the case of Japan shows that successfully combating apocalyptic terrorism requires far more understated measures, including respecting religious rights at home and caution in using force abroad. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1455472023-03-05T15:31:39Z Confronting apocalyptic terrorism : lessons from France and Japan Saiya, Nilay School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Political science Apocalypse Terrorism Terrorists who believe they have a role to play in bringing about the apocalypse pose a serious threat to countries around the world. In their quest to eradicate this especially pernicious form of terrorism, states, including liberal democratic ones, confront the understandable temptation to eliminate such groups through brute force: repression of apocalyptic groups and their constituencies at home and overwhelming military force abroad. Using a comparative case study of France and Japan, this article argues that such policies actually serve to perpetuate the very conditions that generate further terrorism rooted in apocalyptic beliefs. France’s policies of repression of Islam at home and militarism abroad have had the unintended consequence of encouraging attacks by those affiliated with the apocalyptic group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Conversely, the case of Japan shows that successfully combating apocalyptic terrorism requires far more understated measures, including respecting religious rights at home and caution in using force abroad. Accepted version 2020-12-28T05:02:43Z 2020-12-28T05:02:43Z 2020 Journal Article Saiya, N. (2020). Confronting apocalyptic terrorism : lessons from France and Japan, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 43(9), 775-795. doi:10.1080/1057610X.2018.1499694 1057-610X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145547 10.1080/1057610X.2018.1499694 9 43 775 795 en Studies in Conflict and Terrorism This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism on 23 Oct 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1499694 application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Political science Apocalypse Terrorism Saiya, Nilay Confronting apocalyptic terrorism : lessons from France and Japan |
| title | Confronting apocalyptic terrorism : lessons from France and Japan |
| title_full | Confronting apocalyptic terrorism : lessons from France and Japan |
| title_fullStr | Confronting apocalyptic terrorism : lessons from France and Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Confronting apocalyptic terrorism : lessons from France and Japan |
| title_short | Confronting apocalyptic terrorism : lessons from France and Japan |
| title_sort | confronting apocalyptic terrorism lessons from france and japan |
| topic | Social sciences::Political science Apocalypse Terrorism |
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