Understanding Spanish Jihadist Terrorism

The Ideology Behind the Metaphors
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-76970-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 550 g

Reihe: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

This book offers the first systematic account in English of the Spanish mass press coverage of ‘jihadist terrorist’ attacks in contemporary Spain.

Drawing upon a critical analysis of the ‘Spanish Transition to Democracy’ (1975–82) and ‘War on Terror’ narratives, it examines the ideology underlying the metaphors used in the Spanish mainstream press coverage of the terrorist attacks in Madrid (2004) and Barcelona (2017). The book shows how these metaphors were systematically deployed for propagandistic purposes that sought to ‘manufacture the consent’ of the Spanish population while obstructing public deliberation apropos the attacks, strengthening Spanish ‘democracy’ by defining it in opposition to ‘jihadist terrorism.’

This book will be of interest to students of Critical Terrorism Studies, Spanish Politics, Media Studies, and Security Studies.

Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yebra López, Carlos

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: Theoretical Framework, Methodology, and Chapters Part I Contextualisation 2 Spanish ‘Terrorism’ since the ‘Transition to Democracy' Part II Critical Metaphor Analysis 3 The 2004 Madrid Attacks: The Bombings, the Perpetrators, and the ‘Victims’ 4 The 2004 Madrid Attacks: Reactions, Demonstrations, ‘Elections,’ and the ‘Constitution’ 5 The 2017 Barcelona Attacks: The Hit and Run, the Perpetrators, and the ‘Victims’ 6 The 2017 Barcelona Attacks: Reactions, Mourning, Spanish ‘Democracy,’ and Catalan Independence 7 Conclusion: Main Findings and Future Avenues for Research

Über Autor(innen)

Carlos Yebra López is an Assistant Professor in Spanish Linguistics at California State University, Fullerton, USA. He has a PhD from New York University and is co-editor of Methodologies in Critical Terrorism Studies (2024).