Orientalismo e a securitização da identidade “terrorista” pós-ataques do 11 de Setembro: o poder do discurso na definição de um inimigo global

• Autor(a) principal: Borges, Julia Marin
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/32329
• topic: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::CIENCIA POLITICA::POLITICA INTERNACIONAL::RELACOES INTERNACIONAIS, BILATERAIS E MULTILATERAIS; Terrorismo; Securitização; Orientalismo; Onze de Setembro; Guerra ao Terror; Identidade; Terrorism; Securitization; Orientalism; 9/11; War on Terror; Identity

The present research aims to demonstrate how the Orientalism present in the speeches of President George W. Bush after the 9/11 attacks, served as a basic argument for the construction of a “terrorist” identity and, consequently, for the securitization of certain identity groups, mostly Arabs and/or Muslims. The work critically analyzes the use and conceptualization of the term "terrorism" over the years, in order to demonstrate that its mobilization is used strategically for the interests of those who define it, as was done by the US President's government, George W. Bush, in the context of the 9/11 attacks. In the analyzed case, it is observed that the lack of definition of the concept of “terrorism”, endorsed by orientalist discourses, was strategically used to securitize the theme and, consequently, to legitimize the invasion and occupation of countries in the Middle East, as was the case of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003