Unit:
Speciality Political Analysis and Political TheoryLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Author:
Tsoukalas Dimitrios
Supervisors info:
Χρήστος Λυριντζής, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ.
Παντελής Λέκκας, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ.
Κύρκος Δοξιάδης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ.
Original Title:
Συγκρουσιακή Πολιτική και Τρομοκρατία. Μια πολιτισμική προσέγγιση των περιπτώσεων του I.R.A στην Ιρλανδία και της Ε.Τ.Α στη Χώρα των Βάσκων
Translated title:
Contentious Politics and Terrorism. A Cultural Approach of the cases of I.R.A in Ireland and E.T.A in the Basque Country
Summary:
ABSTRACT
The current dissertation investigates the mechanisms of the construction of collective identity considering the terrorist groups of I.R.A and E.T.A in Northern Ireland and in the Basque Country. Beginning with the proposition that every social movement develops a distinctive socio-cultural identity we analyze the way in which the culture of an armed group encoded by its members through a multi-level process of bio-emotional relations in interaction with the external environment , connecting the group members in terms of culture. The construction of the collective identity of I.R.A and E.T.A was present in every aspect of the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland and Basques and the Spanish State in the Basque Country. The radicalization of the social and political environment created a fertile ground for the emergence of political violence which crystallized in the notion of armed struggle for the achievement of political goals. But terrorism affects, corrodes and undermines society, causes transformations and establishes challenges in its culture.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
Τerrorism, Ι.I.R.A, E.T.A, Social movements, Collective identity, Collective action, Radilazization, Groups, Communities
