DAFF 25A11 - The War on Terror, a War on Screen

This is an International Security course, with a constructivist approach. The aim is to relate the security sector's response to the 9/11 attacks in the United States, and to study the international security framework that has been centered on anti-terrorism against Al Quaeda and Daech, from 2001 to 2011 (we will end the War on Terror period with the death of Bin Laden), and to do so through films and TV shows. We draw on the theoretical apparatus of the aesthetic turn and on recent work on fictional representation and its impact on public space, as well as on security policies themselves. Fiction is not just a matter of a more or less realistic representation of reality, but an increasingly influential and even central element in defining the “référentiel” for security policies.

Olivier CHOPIN

Séminaire

English

None. Students should have a interest in movies and TV show and a basic knowledge of the 2001-2011 period and international relations theories would be a plus.

Autumn 2023-2024

Two oral presentations in class and a short individual research paper.