Countering violent extremist narratives
Type
Publication
Authors
Category
Publication Year
2010
Publisher
National Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Netherlands
Pages
75p
Subject
Counterterrorism; Politics; Government; Terrorism
Abstract
Governments produce both deliberate and involuntary (and less conscious) narratives when countering
terrorism. The thesis of this chapter is that such unintended messages can be much more powerful and
consequential than is realised; in fact, they can completely contradict the intended official counternarrative.
To substantiate this hypothesis, the author looks at the experience of the German Federal
Republic in the 1970s and beyond, when state and society were confronted with the Red Army Faction (RAF)
and similar left-wing ‘revolutionaries’ like the 2nd of June movement or the Red Zora.
terrorism. The thesis of this chapter is that such unintended messages can be much more powerful and
consequential than is realised; in fact, they can completely contradict the intended official counternarrative.
To substantiate this hypothesis, the author looks at the experience of the German Federal
Republic in the 1970s and beyond, when state and society were confronted with the Red Army Faction (RAF)
and similar left-wing ‘revolutionaries’ like the 2nd of June movement or the Red Zora.
Description
75 p.; illus.; 28 cm
Number of Copies
1