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Terrorism on Trial - Political Violence and Abolitionist Futures
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A landmark sociological examination of terrorism prosecution in
United States courts  Rather than functioning as a final
arbiter of justice, U.S. domestic courts are increasingly seen as
counterterrorism tools that can incapacitate terrorists, maintain
national security operations domestically, and produce certain
narratives of conflict. Terrorism on Trial examines the
contemporary role that these courts play in the global war on
terror and their use as a weapon of war: hunting, criminalizing,
and punishing entire communities in the name of national
security.  Nicole Nguyen advocates for a rethinking
of popular understandings of political violence and its root
causes, encouraging readers to consider anti-imperial abolitionist
alternatives to the criminalization, prosecution, and incarceration
of individuals marked as real or perceived terrorists. She exposes
how dominant academic discourses, geographical imaginations, and
social processes have shaped terrorism prosecutions, as well as how
our fundamental misunderstanding of terrorism has led to punitive
responses that do little to address the true sources of violence,
such as military interventions, colonial occupations, and
tyrannical regimes. Nguyen also explores how these criminal
proceedings bear on the lives of defendants and families, seeking
to understand how legal processes unevenly criminalize and
disempower communities of color. Â A retheorization of
terrorism as political violence, Terrorism on Trial invites readers
to carefully consider the role of power and politics in the making
of armed resistance, addressing the root causes of political
violence, with a goal of building toward a less violent and more
liberatory world.
General
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Nicole Nguyen
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
416 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5179-1438-7 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-5179-1438-8 |
Barcode: |
9781517914387 |
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