Technology and Terror

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Author(s): Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje (University of Palermo, Argentina)and Geoffrey Skoll (SUNY at Buffalo, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 19
Source title: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Government and Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7661-7.ch023

Keywords: General Law / Government & Law / Information Science Reference / Public & Sector Management

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The chapter discusses to what extent rationality plays a leading role not only in forming a culture of fear in Western societies, but it also paves the way for undemocratic attitudes and reactions. Our founding parents envisaged a world where progress, rationality, and technology played a vital role in building a better place to live. They never imagined the effects of 9/11 nor the financial market and stock crisis in 2008. The rise of uncertainty as a main cultural value of contemporary society raised the question of how much technology facilitated the evolution towards a more pacific, fairer, and safer world. We have witnessed how 9/11 strengthened a process of securitization where high technology was used to surveille citizens, accompanied by ethical dilemmas as illustrated by the Edward Snowden case. Securitization has reinforced authorities' trust in technology while terrorist attacks continue across the globe.

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