Núm. 32 (2016): Repensando el “Terrorismo” desde lo internacional
Artículos

El terrorismo Internacional y el Sueño Americano: un cuento de hadas dialéctico

Carlton Dwayne FLOYD
Biografía
Thomas Ehrlich REIFER
Biografía
Publicado 30 junio 2016

Palabras clave:

Terrorismo , universalismo europeo , mundos de ensueño , cuentos de hadas , sueño americano
Cómo citar
FLOYD, C. D., & REIFER, T. E. (2016). El terrorismo Internacional y el Sueño Americano: un cuento de hadas dialéctico. Relaciones Internacionales, (32), 33–57. https://doi.org/10.15366/relacionesinternacionales2016.32.002

Resumen

La construcción que hoy día se hace del terrorismo en el sistema internacional es parte de nuestros mundos de ensueño de consumo masivo confrontado con las imágenes del sueño americano. Estos mundos ideales proporcionan los discursos hegemónicos de una política paneuropea y universalista que asesina a un gran número de civiles inocentes con fines políticos, actos de terrorismo, al mismo tiempo que niega que tales actos constituyan terrorismo. La violencia utilizada se representa como un sacrificio compartido y necesario para el sueño americano, sugiriendo una unidad, de otra manera inexistente, supuestamente en “defensa propia” frente al terrorismo. En realidad, lo que se está consumando no son acciones contra el terrorismo y la guerra de agresión, sino guerra de agresión y terrorismo en sí mismos haciéndose pasar por la defensa de las comunidades imaginadas de la nación y “Occidente”. El artículo hace hincapié especialmente en los medios de comunicación y en las películas de Hollywood, incluyendo las redes sociales. El trabajo se basa en el análisis del sistema-mundo, académicos de Relaciones Internacionales y teóricos de la cultura, los medios y la comunicación para analizar los usos del terrorismo hoy en día. Al mismo tiempo, el artículo se basa en teóricos críticos y en intelectuales públicos, desde Edward Said a Judith Butler o el Papa Francisco, para criticar las oposiciones binarias y orientalistas de los discursos paneuropeos actuales sobre terrorismo internacional, de manera que queden expuestas sus complejidades y realidades, históricamente y en la actualidad.

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