Terrorism, so long as it remains an abstract phenomenon, anonymous and unknown, arouses horror precisely because it appears blind, exceptional and uncontrollable.This is the most literal pairing. The dark shadowy photo is mysterious and threatening, echoing the anonymous, unknown horror of the quote. The man and setting appear like they could be from the middle east, which many westerners equate with terrorism.
Terrorism, so long as it remains an abstract phenomenon, anonymous and unknown, arouses horror precisely because it appears blind, exceptional and uncontrollable.The child appears worried and perplexed, terrified even, of a world it doesn't understand. Are adults any less terrified of the unknown, or have they gotten better at hiding it?
Terrorism, so long as it remains an abstract phenomenon, anonymous and unknown, arouses horror precisely because it appears blind, exceptional and uncontrollable.Organized religion is all about power and fear—terrorizing people with stories of eternal suffering unless they submit to the will of the church. But we are do not see it as terrorism because we are familiar with it—it is not unknown or abstract.
The book I selected is Alienated Man a book of essays about alienation. The sentence I pointed to on page 152 comes from an essay from 1963 titled: "Reflections on the FLQ" by Léon Dion. The FLQ was the Front de Libération du Québec, a nationalist and socialist revolutionary group responsible for over 200 bombings.
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