INTS 232 - Terrorism or Armed Resistance 20th Century Political Violence in the Middle East

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Trinity College

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This course examines instances of political violence by non-state actors in the 20th-century Middle East. From separatist movements in the Ottoman Empire's Arab provinces in the 1900s, to Zionist struggles for independence from the British Mandate in the 1930s, from the T.E. Lawrence's Arab Revolt in 1916 to the Battle of Algiers in 1957, determining who is a rebel and who a freedom fighter, who a terrorist and who engaged in the armed struggle for political independence involves a number of subjective criteria. How violent acts are portrayed at the moment when they occur depends largely on who produces the portrayal. Likewise, how a chain of violent acts is interpreted in hindsight depends almost entirely on the "success" or "failure" of those events and who controls the production of interpretation. The course will balance examinations of historical events and their broader contexts with theoretical readings on the nature of state violence, individual violence, and terrorism. (Also offered under History and Middle Eastern Studi 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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