Identity and the politics of brute force
September 25, 2013
People gather at the site of suicide attack on a church in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 22
Needless to say, this is easier said than done. However, democratic states have no choice but to think in terms of making their polities increasingly inclusive and accommodative so that even the most militant of political groups could feel a sense of identity with such states. A failure to do this would only increase the sense of alienation militant forces experience in relation to these polities. Consequently, there could be an intensification of militant violence.