Breaking the Waves: How the Phenomenon of European Jihadism Militates Against the Wave Theory of Terrorism
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Title
Breaking the Waves: How the Phenomenon of European Jihadism Militates Against the Wave Theory of Terrorism
Subject
the Wave theory of terrorism
the Fourth Wave terrorism
European homegrown jihadists
critique
Description
David Rapoport’s Wave theory of terrorism is one of the most oftencited theories in the literature on terrorist violence. Rapoport is praised for having provided researchers with a universal instrument which allows them to explain the origin and transformation of various historical types of terrorism by applying to them the concept of global waves of terrorist violence driven by universal political impulses. This article, testing the Wave theory against the recent phenomenon of homegrown jihadism in Europe, uncovers this theory’s fundamental weaknesses and questions its real academic and practical value.
Creator
Proshyn, Denys
Source
International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal; Vol. 17 No. 1 (2015): Varieties of Contemporary Radical Politics; 91-107
International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal; Tom 17 Nr 1 (2015): Varieties of Contemporary Radical Politics; 91-107
2300-8695
1641-4233
Publisher
Lodz University Press
Date
2015-12-30
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Identifier
Citation
Denys Proshyn, Breaking the Waves: How the Phenomenon of European Jihadism Militates Against the Wave Theory of Terrorism, Lodz University Press, 2015, accessed October 10, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/3406