Jeffrey Stevenson Murer
Author: Jeffrey Stevenson Murer First name(s): Jeffrey Surname: Stevenson Murer Jeffrey Stevenson Murer is the Lecturer on Collective Violence at the University of St Andrews. He was recently the...
View ArticleBolts from the blue: method and madness in the West
The Norwegian massacre and the gun attack on a US congresswoman were both dismissed as the work of deranged loners. But instead of signifying nothing, they were extraordinarily expressive of current...
View ArticleWho is the enemy Other?
In ganging up on housing estates, in racist attacks or inter-state brinkmanship, how does the enemy become the Other? This peculiar purification process requires a narrative and a chance to 'perform a...
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Toxic images or imaging the other
In the aftermath of the Toulouse killings of March 2012, the French state projected a set of 'toxic images' clearly demarcating the republic's enemy in young, Muslim men. They came at dawn. They wanted...
View ArticleBeyond enemy images: politics and the Other – a retrospective
Jeffrey Stevenson Murer reflects on openSecurity's collection of articles, which have explored the creation of the other as 'enemy', externally and in ourselves.This series, exploring the images of the...
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