Università Roma Tre

Terrorism has been one of the most pressing political problems of the last half-century: almost every continent has experienced the threat of terrorism, from Europe to Asia, from Africa to America. The course deals with the principal issues associated with modern international terrorism. In particular, it focuses on the following topics:

1. What is Terrorism?; 2. Typologies of Terrorism; 3. Causes of Terrorism; 4. History of Terrorism and Case Studies (Spain, Northern Ireland, Middle East, Germany); 5. Red and Black Terrorism in Italy; 6. Roots and Causes of Italian Terrorism; 7. Al Qaeda, ISIS and the New Age of Terror; 8. “Old” and “New” Terrorism; 9. Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and the Law; 10. Italian Responses to Terrorism; 11. Writing on Terrorism: Literature and Representations of Terrorists; 12. The End of Terrorism

- D.J. Whittaker (ed.), The Terrorism Reader, New York: Routledge, 2012;
- L. Weinberg, Global Terrorism. A Beginner’s Guide, Oxford: Oneworld, 2005;
- Reader;
- Further materials will be assigned by teacher in class.