Terrorism, History, and Historians: A View from a Social Scientist

In the context of this incongruity, the prominent political scientist Harry Eckstein lamented in 1964: "When todays social science has become intellectual history, one question will certainly be asked about it: why did social science, which had produced so many studies on so many subjects, prod...

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Published in:The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Ind.), 2011-06, Vol.98 (1), p.95-100
Main Author: Gupta, Dipak K.
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Language:English
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Aggressiveness
Data collection
Disorders
Economic development
Economic theory
Historians
Political debate
Political violence
Politics
Religion
Round Table
Science
Social conflict
Studies
Terrorism
Tilly, Charles (1929-2008)
United States history
Violence
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description In the context of this incongruity, the prominent political scientist Harry Eckstein lamented in 1964: "When todays social science has become intellectual history, one question will certainly be asked about it: why did social science, which had produced so many studies on so many subjects, produce so few on violent political disorder?"2 By the end of the decade, social scientists rose to the occasion by producing an impressive number of studies on social conflict. [...] terrorism studies, as opposed to history, is primarily prescriptive in its orientation.
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Data collection
Disorders
Economic development
Economic theory
Historians
Political debate
Political violence
Politics
Religion
Round Table
Science
Social conflict
Studies
Terrorism
Tilly, Charles (1929-2008)
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Violence
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