Political violence by the “text”

Political violence can be analyzed through the “flip side of the coin” that is the field of “counterterrorism”. Numerous scientific studies demonstrate that there is a reciprocal effect between the violence (structural or direct) of state institutions and activism. This phenomenon is known as the “backfire effect”, which means that repressive or “counterterrorist” policies have a counter-productive effect, leading to long-term “security losses”. According to Lindekilde, there are two dimensions of “counter-terrorism policies” that can be counter-productive: one refers to “hard counterterrorism” instruments of state coercion, such as surveillance or preventive detention, and the other corresponds to “soft counterterrorism” instruments of sensibilization, through the use of the media or social…