Responding to terrorism and ideologies of hate

Peter Lehr; Gilbert Ramsay

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02234-5_2

Responding to terrorism and ideologies of hate

Peter Lehr^*, Gilbert Ramsay

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The controversy around the film The Innocence of Muslims, manifesting itself in violent demonstrations and counter-demonstrations basically all around the world in September 2012 brought a debate into the open that has kept academics, policy makers and security officials busy for some years now: how to respond to terrorism, and to ideologies of hate? Many strategies have been suggested on how to combat ‘them’ and to win ‘their’ audiences’ hearts and minds. This contribution aims to shed some light on the main conceptual issues around this question, commenting on ‘modern’ mass media (TV, radio, print press) first before discussing the dissemination of ideologies of hate in the ‘post-modern’ media (Internet, YouTube, twitter) and how to counter them (if possible at all), which seem to be the more pressing issues for reasons to be explained below. It will conclude with suggesting that responding may not be as urgent or necessary as it may look at first sight.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Merits of Regional Cooperation
Subtitle of host publication	The Case of South Asia
Publisher	Springer
Pages	11-21
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319022345
ISBN (Print)	9783319022338
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02234-5_2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

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