The terrorist subject: Terrorism studies and the absent subjectivity

Critical Studies on Terrorism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-36

  Zulaika, Joseba ^a   Douglass, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical terrorism studies; Desire; Detective fiction; Discourse; Purpose; Subjectivity; Suicide; Terrorism literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007071158     PISSN: 17539153     EISSN: 17539161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17539150701844794     Document Type: Editorial

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