Facing Terrorism in France

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“France has been the target of more terrorist attacks than any other Western country. In this major contribution to the burgeoning new field of ‘terrorism studies’, these attacks are subjected to intense social scientific analysis.”

– Jolyon Howorth, Harvard University, USA

– Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University, USA

– Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy

– Stéphane Gerson, New York University, USA

– Marc J. Hetherington, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA

Florence Faucher is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po, Paris, France and Associate Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK.

Gérôme Truc is Research Fellow in Sociology at the French NationalCenter for Scientific Research (CNRS), France. He is the author of Shell Shocked: The Social Response to Terrorist Attacks (2018).

From 2015, Europe was hit by a new wave of terrorist attacks, coordinated or supported by an international Islamist organization (ISIS) but sometimes also perpetrated by citizens of the targeted country: the attacks on Paris, Brussels, London, Manchester, Nice and Barcelona probably attracted most attention but the most dramatic were perpetrated in Paris, in January and November 2015. These events shook the foundations of French society not only because of their magnitude but also because of the symbolic nature of the targets. Whilst in January, the targets were carefully selected as emblematic of France (the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the police forces, the Jewish community) and of European liberal values (journalists and cartoonists), in November the victims ordinary people enjoying music, sports and restaurants. The book offers a unique interdisciplinary investigation into the complex responses of French society: from the individual level (survivors of the Bataclan attack, emotional citizens paying homage to the victims, French Muslims) to the meso level of civic association and web communities, and the macro level of the State and public opinion.

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“This fine, wide-ranging collection on the 2015 Paris attacks brings together cutting-edge scholarship on social responses to modern terrorism. Ranging from memorials to media, schools to state symbols, Muslim actors to electoral politics, this rigorous collection takes stock of what we know while charting future directions of research.” (Stéphane Gerson, Professor of French, French Studies, and History, New York University, USA)

“This volume, expertly curated and edited by Faucher and Truc, presents a multitude of scholarly perspectives to help us understand the impact of the 2015 terrorist attacks on France. By bringing together perspectives from political science, sociology, psychology, and media studies, the editors produce the most complete treatment of a society’s reaction to these horrific events that I have seen. It is a must read.” (Marc J. Hetherington, Raymond Dawson Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA)

“France has been the target of more terrorist attacks than any other Western country. In this major contribution to the burgeoning new field of ‘terrorism studies’, these attacks – including those against Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclan in 2015 – are subjected to intense social scientific analysis. Deploying a range of disciplinary approaches – psychology, sociology, political-science and media studies – the authors offer a rich canvas of the many ways in which different individuals experienced and reacted to these attacks.” (Jolyon Howorth, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, USA, author of Security and Defence Policy in the European Union (Palgrave))

“Facing Terrorism in France is a timely and important volume that sheds new light on the simultaneous terrorist attacks that convulsed Paris in 2015. Drawing on a variety of perspectives, the book presents a compelling analysis of terrorism's impacts and the responses needed to counteract these effects.” (Bruce Hoffman, Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University, author of Inside Terrorism (Columbia University Press))

“Taking a very original perspective in research on political violence, this precious collection investigates the learning and healing processes that followed the Charlie Hebdo’s attacks. With contributions from various disciplines and triangulating empirical methods, the analysis goes beyond the shock of the events, addressing the individual and collective processes that developed after the terrorist attacks, immediately but also in a long term perspective, on the spot but also at a distance, in the private but also in the public spheres.” (Donatella della Porta, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Director of Centre of Social Movements Studies, author, among others, of Clandestine Political Violence (Cambridge University Press) and Discursive Turns and Critical Junctures: Debating Citizenship after the Charlie Hebdo Attacks (Oxford University Press))

“A must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of personal and collective responses to terrorism in France. Especially fascinating and relevant for French studies, this volume highlights diverse social perspectives with deftness and lucidity.” (Professor Nathalie Debrauwere-Miller, Vanderbilt University, USA)

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