The notion of subhuman identity in the war on terror

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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-06T23:54:36Z
dc.date.available2026-02-06T23:54:36Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractForeign policies in the global political arena continue to demonstrate the consequential after-effects of the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001. Propagations of a “terrorist threat” are strategically used by Western political actors to achieve a multiplicity of ends. In some cases, these ends supersede accepted international precedents, both in the realms of international law and convention. In particular, United States President George W. Bush’s War on Terror, and President Barak Obama’s continuing drone operations in the Middle East exemplify instances of political transcendence. Through the strategic enactment of ambiguous laws and through intimate utilizations of notions of “state sovereignty” and “national self-defense,” the American Government has gained unprecedented authority in the treatment of suspected terrorists. This article examines the legal, theoretical, and ethical elements of the War on Terror and the American drone operation in the Middle East to illustrate the exceptionalness of Al-Qaeda and Taliban combatants in American legal understanding
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.citationSingh, J. (2012). The notion of subhuman identity in the war on terror. Illumine, 13(1), 38–57. https://doi.org/10.18357/illumine121201313324
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18357/illumine121201313324
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23270
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIllumine
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectwar on terror
dc.subjectterrorism
dc.subjectSeptember 11
dc.subjectUSA
dc.subjectAl-Qaeda
dc.subjectTaliban
dc.subjectdron
dc.subjectMiddle East
dc.subjectnational defense
dc.subjectsubhuman
dc.subjectreligion
dc.subjectsociety
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectIllumine
dc.subjectCSRS
dc.subjectUVic
dc.subjectUniversity of Victoria
dc.subjectCentre for Studies in Religion and Society
dc.subjectMEICON
dc.subjectIslamic
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of History
dc.titleThe notion of subhuman identity in the war on terror
dc.typeArticle

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