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On Being ‘Frank’ about Terrorism

Annamarie Oliverio is an adjunct professor at Arizona State University and the founder/director of the Social Research Institute (of Arizona). She conducts research on the production of hegemony, the therapeutic state and women and politics. She's written numerous articles and chapters on terrorism and violence including her book The State of Terror, published in 1998. She has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University and a Resident Research Scholar at the University of Innsbruck. She was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship to go back to her country of origin, Italy, to continue her work on globalization, violence and the state. Address: School of Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA. [email: annamarie{at}asu.edu]

Andre Gunder Frank's work on the global economy, social movements and his own experiences reflect critical issues related to the state and terror. He understood all too well the insidious, yet symbiotic relationship between the state and terror. Frank views politics and terror as a manipulation, a corrupt act of states, powerful elites, groups and organizations that have the resources to enforce their version of political and social reality. Similar to former US President Eisenhower, Frank bemoaned the power of the military post-industrial complex for its organized and systematic capability to legitimize and institutionalize terrorism. Frank was sensitive to how certain acts by states, typically referred to as counter-terrorism, enable them to shape the political agenda not only within countries but also in international affairs. Perhaps a more fruitful path of action, as implied by Frank's research and by the ‘blowback’ consequences of the state of terror, is to work on changing the social, economic and political conditions that give rise to the use of terror as a strategy by states or challenge groups.

Key Words: art of statecraft • democracy • domination • Enlightenment • hegemony • hierarchy • state • symbiotic • terror

Journal of Developing Societies, Vol. 24, No. 1, 13-29 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0169796X0702400102


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