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The Terror Speaks: Inside Pakistan's Terrorism Discourse and National Action Plan

By Pamir H. Sahill

Book information

Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Year
2018
DOI
10.1080/1057610X.2017.1284448
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
410 kB (420256 bytes)
Series
4 (41)
Pages
319-337\19
Topic
Other Social Sciences\\Politics: International Relations
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2023-12-06 10:24:50
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Description

This article, employing a poststructuralist Critical Discourse Analysis, reveals cracks, discrepancies, and inconsistencies in Pakistan's discourse on terrorism and practice. I argue that Pakistan continuously constructs a “monstrous enemy” and magnifies it in a way that conceals alternative representations of reality that could show that the state, by presenting itself as a victim of terrorism, is using phenomena of political violence to serve its political objectives inside and outside the boundaries of the state. The article argues that after a militant attack on a school in northwest Pakistan, critical, liberal, and dissenting narratives mingled with the dominant state discourse in a fashion that strengthen illiberal practices in the country, thus undermining the ideals of democracy.

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