Decolonising Terrorism Journals
Journal article
Authors | Ilyas, M. |
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Abstract | Decolonisation of knowledge over the past few years has gained much traction among scholars and students in many countries. This situation has led to calls for the decolonisation of knowledge, academia, the university, and university curricula. That said, the knowledge production side of the terrorism industry, which sits inside academia, so far has escaped calls to decolonise. This situation is somewhat surprising because the terrorism industry has had a tremendous impact on many countries, especially Muslim majority ones. The 9/11 terrorist attacks have resulted in a tremendous amount of knowledge being produced and published on terrorism and counterterrorism. However, little is known about “who is publishing on terrorism and where they are based”. To this end, this paper adopts a decolonial approach and addresses the questions of “who is publishing on terrorism and where they are based” by analysing seven terrorism journals. It argues that most of the publications and knowledge on terrorism in the seven terrorism journals are produced by scholars with Western heritage and are based at Western institutions, which is connected to the coloniality of knowledge. |
Keywords | decolonisation; coloniality; West; non-West; terrorism; androcentrism; journals; knowledge |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Societies |
Journal citation | 11 (1), pp. 1-18 |
Publisher | MDPI |
ISSN | 2075-4698 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11010006 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/1/6 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 20 Jan 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 22 Jul 2024 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/q7778/decolonising-terrorism-journals
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