Us Versus Them: a comparative discourse analysis of a terrorist's constituency comparing Revolutionary terrorism and single-issue terrorism

Abstract

This thesis argues that language is a useful tool to prove that single-issue terrorists (who only have one goal) are less isolated from their direct environment than revolutionary terrorists (who want a radical change to society) are. It compares two different case studies, namely the Army of God (single-issue terrorism) and the Rote Armee Faction (revolutionary terrorism).