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Author affiliated with:
Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo.
"TSAS is supported as a national strategic initiative funded by SSHRC and Public Safety Canada, along with the following departments of the federal government: Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)".
Summary
"Precisely how may the acts of violence perpetrated by lone wolves be influenced by speech and media? This question is the primary concern of this project. One answer to this question may be found within "dangerous speech." The aim of this paper is to explore whether the concept of dangerous speech developed by Susan Benesch can be applied toward answering the question above. Since this is the first such attempt at joining dangerous speech to lone wolf terrorism, this exploration does not seek to produce a definitive answer or a series of concrete recommendations for developing future policy or research. The goal is to determine whether a connection can be made, not whether it should be used as a basis for any particular policy."--Page 2.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Topic introduction -- 1.2. Research question and paper structure -- 1.3. Literature review -- 1.3.1. Perspectives on lone wolf terrorism -- 1.3.2. Meaning of dangerous speech -- 2. Investigation -- 2.1. Approach of analysis -- 2.2. Case study I - Anders Breivik -- 2.2.1. The incident -- 2.2.2. The perpetrator -- 2.2.3. The ideology -- 2.2.4. Speech consumed -- 2.2.5. Speech propagated -- 2.2.6. Applicability of dangerous speech -- 2.3. Case study II - David Copeland -- 2.3.1. The incident -- 2.3.2. The perpetrator -- 2.3.3. The ideology -- 2.3.4. Speech consumed -- 2.3.5. Speech propagated -- 2.3.6. Applicability of dangerous speech -- 3. Conclusion and next steps -- Bibliography.