Book Reviews by Bartosz Bolechów
Recenzja książki Anne Speckhard. "Talking to Terrorists. Understanding the Psycho-Social Motivati... more Recenzja książki Anne Speckhard. "Talking to Terrorists. Understanding the Psycho-Social Motivations of Militant Jihadi Terrorists, Mass Hostage Takers, Suicide Bombers & 'Martyrs'", Advance Press, McLean 2012 (wersja Kindle Amazon).
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Słowa w cieniu mieczy. Dabiq i narracja Państwa Islamskiego (Dabiq and the Narrative of the Islamic State), 2020
Wprowadzenie do książki "Słowa w cieniu mieczy. Dabiq i narracja Państwa Islamskiego", Wydawnictw... more Wprowadzenie do książki "Słowa w cieniu mieczy. Dabiq i narracja Państwa Islamskiego", Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław, 2020.
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An Introduction to the book "Words in the Shadow of the Swords. Dabiq and the Narrative of the Islamic State" (2020), University of Wroclaw Press (Wroclaw) - Polish language.
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Przedmiotem tekstu jest polityka antyterrorystyczna rozumiana jako integralna część procesu terro... more Przedmiotem tekstu jest polityka antyterrorystyczna rozumiana jako integralna część procesu terrorystycznego oraz – szerzej – jako element życia politycznego i społecznego. Polityka antyterrorystyczna nie jest wyłącznie – jak zazwyczaj bywa to prezentowane – reakcją na zagrożenie terrorystyczne. W rzeczywistości charakteryzuje się ona własną, unikalną w poszczególnych przypadkach dynamiką, warunkowaną m.in. przez szereg „zewnętrznych” wobec terroryzmu czynników, stanowiąc zespół działań, relacji, sprzężeń, podmiotów, percepcji i interesów, które wywierają istotny i złożony wpływ na otoczenie polityczne i społeczne. Autor wychodzi zatem z założenia, iż nie sposób zrozumieć – a zatem także właściwie projektować i prowadzić – polityki antyterrorystycznej, nie osadzając jej w kontekście całego procesu terrorystycznego. Aby to z kolei osiągnąć, polityka antyterrorystyczna powinna być analizowana od podstaw, poprzez pryzmat wiedzy o terroryzmie dostarczanej przez badania nad terroryzmem oraz w sposób kompleksowy, wychodzący poza ograniczoną perspektywę instytucjonalno-legislacyjną. Naczelnym zadaniem pracy jest zatem naświetlenie z jednej strony zagadnienia polityki antyterrorystycznej z perspektywy badań nad terroryzmem, z drugiej zaś próba odpowiedzi na pytanie o możliwości i granice zastosowań badań nad terroryzmem na potrzeby konstruowania oraz implementacji racjonalnej polityki antyterrorystycznej.
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American Behavioral Scientist, Feb 1, 2005
Due to international policy and internal sociopolitical factors, America has been the pri-mary ta... more Due to international policy and internal sociopolitical factors, America has been the pri-mary target of international terrorism since the 1960s and is seen as a major obstacle to the goals of international terrorism. This article discusses key mistakes made by the Unites States ...
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Amer Behav Sci, 2005
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Polish Political Science Review
Since the democratic transition, Poland-United States relations have been framed by the Polish au... more Since the democratic transition, Poland-United States relations have been framed by the Polish authorities as a strategic threat-management tool in the securitization process of Poland’s geopolitical position, particularly concerning the Russian Federation. We analyse the process of securitization regarding Poland-US relations through latent topic modelling of Polish parliamentary speeches in the years 1991–2017. We demonstrate that the discourse on Polish-US relations is heavily dominated by security topics, narrowly understood as military security. Furthermore, even when economic issues are discussed, they are frequently linked to military operations. Based on Floyd’s (2011, 2019) model of the moral rightness of securitization, we argue that the close relationship between securitizing moves (debates on Poland-US relations) and security practices (security events) suggests the basic sincerity of the securitizing actor, while the historical context reflected in the Polish collective...
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The Islamic State's Worldview as a Radical Terror Management Device, 2022
The US reaction to 9/11 set off a chain of events leading to the raise of the most radical strain... more The US reaction to 9/11 set off a chain of events leading to the raise of the most radical strain of revolutionary Salafism ideology incarnated by the Islamic State. The analysis of IS worldview allows one to observe its striking compatibility with the fundamental tenets of Terror Management Theory (TMT). The main proposition of this article is that the Islamic State's worldview should be interpreted as a product of an ideological evolution triggered/amplified by the Global War on Terror (GWOT), leading towards reenergization of the revolutionary Salafi narrative and increasingly radical-and thus psychologically efficient but strategically flawed-terror management device.
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Studia Politologiczne
The US reaction to 9/11 set off a chain of events leading to the raise of the most radical strain... more The US reaction to 9/11 set off a chain of events leading to the raise of the most radical strain of revolutionary Salafism ideology incarnated by the Islamic State. The analysis of IS worldview allows one to observe its striking compatibility with the fundamental tenets of Terror Management Theory (TMT). The main proposition of this article is that the Islamic State’s worldview should be interpreted as a product of an ideological evolution triggered/amplified by the Global War on Terror (GWOT), leading towards reenergization of the revolutionary Salafi narrative and increasingly radical – and thus psychologically efficient but strategically flawed – terror management device.
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American Behavioral Scientist, 2005
Due to international policy and internal sociopolitical factors, America has been the pri-mary ta... more Due to international policy and internal sociopolitical factors, America has been the pri-mary target of international terrorism since the 1960s and is seen as a major obstacle to the goals of international terrorism. This article discusses key mistakes made by the Unites States ...
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The Polish Foreign Affairs Digest, 2005
Four years after the September 11 attacks in the United States, the symbol of 9/11 operates in th... more Four years after the September 11 attacks in the United States, the symbol of 9/11 operates in the common consciousness like a characteristic logo, a sign of transition to a new kind of political, moral, economic or even aesthetic order (see: Karlheinz Stockhausen and his “greatest work of art”). In his essay L’esprit du terrorisme Jean Baudrillard described 9/11 - somewhat emphatically and exaggeratedly, but accurately in terms of reflecting the perception of the West - as the absolute event, the “mother”, the pure event which disrupted all history and the power play. Taking into account the time which has elapsed since September 11, 2001, are we able to look at the consequences of that event with sufficient distance?
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The Polish Foreign Affairs Digest, 2005
Four years after the September 11 attacks in the United States, the symbol of 9/11 operates in th... more Four years after the September 11 attacks in the United States, the symbol of 9/11 operates in the common consciousness like a characteristic logo, a sign of transition to a new kind of political, moral, economic or even aesthetic order (see: Karlheinz Stockhausen and his “greatest work of art”). In his essay L’esprit du terrorisme Jean Baudrillard described 9/11 - somewhat emphatically and exaggeratedly, but accurately in terms of reflecting the perception of the West - as the absolute event, the “mother”, the pure event which disrupted all history and the power play. Taking into account the time which has elapsed since September 11, 2001, are we able to look at the consequences of that event with sufficient distance?
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Wrocławskie Studia Politologiczne
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E-Politikon: Oblicza radykalizmu we współczesnym świecie, 2017
Niniejszy artykuł poświęcony jest analizie stosowanej przez Państwo Islamskie specyficznej odmian... more Niniejszy artykuł poświęcony jest analizie stosowanej przez Państwo Islamskie specyficznej odmiany strategii prowokacji oraz jej rzeczywistych i potencjalnych konsekwencji polityczno-społecznych w zachodnich demokracjach liberalnych. Manipulacja dyskursem politycznym poprzez użycie terroryzmu i innych form pro-pagandy oraz skorelowane z nią procesy, związane między innymi ze zmianą stan-dardów debaty publicznej na temat bezpieczeństwa i polityki antyterrorystycznej, stanowią w ocenie autora zjawisko potencjalnie zagrażające stabilności zachodnich społeczeństw oraz ich instytucji. W tekście poruszono cztery główne zagadnienia: problem ramowania dyskusji na temat polityki antyterrorystycznej, zjawisko reaktywnej koradykalizacji, fenomen konwergencji retrotopii oraz strategia Państwa Islamskiego w aspekcie manipulacji percepcją i zachowaniami audyto-riów.
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One of the most striking paradoxes of complicated connections between modern terrorism and the In... more One of the most striking paradoxes of complicated connections between modern terrorism and the Internet is that the latter was originally created as a decentralized response to a highly centralized danger. Ironically, nowadays, long after the perceived danger ceased to exist, the Internet becomes more and more serious threat to the societies it was meant to protect. This time the enemy is decentralized and uses the power of global net of nets against its highly structuralized enemies – states and governments. If one would realize the nature of the Internet and the nature of terrorism, he could not find anything surprising in the fact that these two phenomenons are highly compatible with each other. In fact, as we will demonstrate, the Internet is probably the most flexible, and universal tool the terrorists have ever had at their disposal. This article briefly examines the actual and some of the possible ways of using the Internet by modern terrorists.
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An Introduction to the book "Words in the Shadow of the Swords. Dabiq and the Narrative of the Islamic State" (2020), University of Wroclaw Press (Wroclaw) - Polish language.
http://www.wuwr.com.pl/products/2105.html
Papers by Bartosz Bolechów
http://www.wuwr.com.pl/products/2105.html
An Introduction to the book "Words in the Shadow of the Swords. Dabiq and the Narrative of the Islamic State" (2020), University of Wroclaw Press (Wroclaw) - Polish language.
http://www.wuwr.com.pl/products/2105.html