The simple art of murder. Origins of terrorist violence in the Basque Country
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Basque Country, basque radical nationalism, ETA, terrorism, Franco’s dictatorshipAbstract
This article examines the roots of terrorist violence in the Basque Country, which is that of ETA. The phenomenon needs an explanation based on both external factors (the dictatorial context, the passive attitude of the PNV, the example of the anti-colonial movements...) and on internal factors (the war rhetoric of the members of ETA, their ideological evolution, their emotional state, the organizational dynamics of the group...). All of them influenced the leaders of ETA, but they did not determine their acts. Following Martha Crenshaw’s works, this article stresses the rational and deliberate will of the members of ETA. When they started to kill in 1968 they were not ful-filling their destiny nor answering mechanically to a concrete context, but using their free will.Downloads
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