Causes Of Terrorism & Marx Conflict Theory

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...terrorism has its roots in the French Revolution (O’Connor, 2004). Edmund Burke, an English statesman, used the word to "describe the actions of the Jacobin-dominated French government" (O’Connor, 2004). That period of time is referred to as the "Reign of Terror" because Maximilien Robespierre had tens of thousands of people identified as 'enemies of the state' put to death and another 200,000 deported from France between 1793 and 1794 (O’Connor, 2004). Robespierre died in 1994 but another form of terror erupted, called white terror, as loyalists and supporters of Robespierre were hunted down for execution (O’Connor, 2004).
Terrorism is defined as "an organized system of intimidation" (Karim, 2002, p. 425) and as "the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion" (Karim, 2002, p. 425). The word terror comes from Middle English and means "to frighten, to cause one to tremble or be afraid, or to flee; or to arouse a state of intense fear" (Karim, 2002, p. 425).
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