Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
5117IRP-SEP-MTP
Aims
To develop students’ understanding of terrorism and counter-terrorism practices, discourses, and studies.
To develop students’ understanding of the link between discourses on terrorism and practices of counterterrorism and their connection to coloniality, race, and empire.
To develop students’ understanding of post- and decolonial theories and approaches.
Learning Outcomes
1.
To develop students’ understanding of ‘terrorism’, discourses on ‘terrorism’, and counter-terrorism practices.
2.
To enable critical thinking surrounding issues on terrorism, race, and gender.
3.
To develop students’ understanding of post- and decolonial theories and approaches.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Introduction: Critical Terrorism Studies
Postcolonial and Decolonial Theory
Black Theory and Critical Race Theory
Terrorism and Gender
Terrorism and Race
Terrorism and Religion
Terrorism and Empire
Contemporary Counter-terrorism practices I
Contemporary Counter-Terrorism Practices II
Abolition and terrorism
Recap: How ‘critical’ is critical terrorism studies?
Introduction: Critical Terrorism Studies
Postcolonial and Decolonial Theory
Black Theory and Critical Race Theory
Terrorism and Gender
Terrorism and Race
Terrorism and Religion
Terrorism and Empire
Contemporary Counter-terrorism practices I
Contemporary Counter-Terrorism Practices II
Abolition and terrorism
Recap: How ‘critical’ is critical terrorism studies?
Module Overview:
This module aims to bring together the critical study of terrorism and critical approaches to the study of race and empire. This module will critically examine contemporary counter-terrorism practices and their historical origins in colonial contexts. As such, this module will provide students with the necessary theoretical tools to understand how contemporary discourses on ‘terrorism’ open up wider questions of power, coloniality and empire. Students will further be provided with the tools to apply decolonial approaches to contemporary issues in world politics. In particular, this module will be important for students who are keen on pursuing a career within research, policy-making, NGO work, and organisations concerned with security, development and peace-building, counter-terrorism, and counter-insurgency, as well as race, gender, and decoloniality.
This module aims to bring together the critical study of terrorism and critical approaches to the study of race and empire. This module will critically examine contemporary counter-terrorism practices and their historical origins in colonial contexts. As such, this module will provide students with the necessary theoretical tools to understand how contemporary discourses on ‘terrorism’ open up wider questions of power, coloniality and empire. Students will further be provided with the tools to apply decolonial approaches to contemporary issues in world politics. In particular, this module will be important for students who are keen on pursuing a career within research, policy-making, NGO work, and organisations concerned with security, development and peace-building, counter-terrorism, and counter-insurgency, as well as race, gender, and decoloniality.