The metaphor of terror: Terrorism studies and the constructivist turn

Security Dialogue

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 571-592

  Hülsse, Rainer ^a   Spencer, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Al Qaeda; Constructivism; Discourse; Metaphor; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 56149085909     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010608098210     Document Type: Article

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