Theoretical foundations of creation and representation of counterterrorism discourse in modern social and political practice
The article discusses the peculiarities of creation, distribution and reformatting of counterterrorism discourse. Based on various concepts of discourse (hegemony, discursive struggle, archeology of knowledge, imaginary formation of society, discourse-system) the author presents different manifestations of counterterrorism discourse in the course of the informational and political confrontation between states. By analyzing specific cases, he shows the possibility of creating a counterterrorism discourse which can be depicted as a set of destructive utterances that use terrorism as a tool influencing public conscience, in order to form a unique terrorist picture of the world.