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In the absence of a definition of terrorism, the struggle over the representation of a violent act is a struggle over its legitimacy. The more confused a concept, the more it lends itself to opportunistic appropriation. [40] As scholar Bruce Hoffman (1998) has noted: "terrorism is a pejorative term. It is a word with intrinsically negative ...
Bruce R. Hoffman (born 1954) is an American political analyst.He specializes in the study of terrorism, counter-terrorism, insurgency, and counter-insurgency.Hoffman serves as the Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security on the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a professor at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University. [1]
In his book Inside Terrorism Bruce Hoffman offered an explanation of why the term terrorism becomes distorted: On one point, at least, everyone agrees: terrorism is a pejorative term. It is a word with intrinsically negative connotations that is generally applied to one's enemies and opponents, or to those with whom one disagrees and would ...
America’s campuses must live up to these ideals, writes Bruce Hoffman. Diversity must not just be predicated on identity but also on ideas. America’s campuses must live up to these ideals ...
It seems dire predictions of political violence are now commonly issued both by the country’s extreme fringes as well as from the mainstream, write Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware.
Religious terrorism is intimately connected to current forces of geopolitics. Bruce Hoffman has characterized modern religious terrorism as having three traits: The perpetrators must use religious scriptures to justify or explain their violent acts or to gain recruits. [7] Clerical figures must be involved in leadership roles. [3]: 90
The former head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK has branded the government’s proposal to extend the definition of terrorism to encompass atrocities carried out by lone attackers like the ...
The Centre was founded in 1994 by Paul Wilkinson and Bruce Hoffman [4] and created the Rand-St. Andrews terrorism incident database which provides data for their studies. [ 5 ] In 1985 whilst head of Politics and International Relations at Aberdeen University , Wilkinson had established The Terrorism Research Unit in the department, which ...