Terrorism, Tourism and the End of Hospitality in the 'West'; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Other in Western Civilization; Introduction; Competence and Capitalism; The Construction of Otherness; Travels, Science and Cultural Landscapes; Problems Around the Notion of Rational West; Conclusion; 3 The Concept of Civility and Law; Introduction; Tourism and Globalization; Democracy and the Sense of Liberty; Loyalty to the Nation-State; Towards a Theory of Fear; Mobilities are Terrorism by Other Means; 4 The Rise of the Nation-State and Free Transit; Introduction

Preliminary DiscussionDemocracy and its (unmet) Promises; Memory, Construction and Selection; Hospitality, Conquest and Humankind; Travelling, Gazing at the Borders of Politics; Unspeakable Violence; Conclusion; 5 The Problem of Terrorism; Introduction; What is Terrorism?; How Violent is this World?; Terrorism and 9/11; Why do Terrorists Target Innocent Tourists?; The Spectacle of Human Suffering: Dark Tourism; Terrorism in the Industrial System; Conclusion; 6 The Travel and Tourism Industry; Introduction; The Confrontational Other in Modern Culture; The Fear of Travelling Abroad

The Theory of Non-Places ReconsideredTerror Goes Through the Screens; Terror in Times of Thana-Capitalism; Conclusion; 7 The Globalization of Fear; Introduction; The Archetype of Donald Trump; Samuel Huntington and the Borders of Civilizations; The theory of mobilities and terrorism; Terrorism and the Problem of Violence; The Pseudo-Leviathans in Colombia; Psychological fear in Michael Taussig; From torture to fear in Freddy Timmermann; The Formation of Violence (Northern Ireland); 8 How Terrorism Changed the Ways of Interpreting Hospitality; Introduction; Exploring Terrorism as an Object

Terrorists as CelebritiesConspiracy Theory; The Construction of Monstrosity; What is Evil?; Evil as the Lack of Hospitality; The Sacred Law of Hospitality in Jeopardy; 9 Conclusion: Hospitality in the New Millennium; References; Index