After dealing with the most important legal and academic definitions of terrorism, this his article reflects on the history of terrorism. A framework of philosophical anthropology then is applied in order to define the nature of terrorism. Finally, the results of this analysis are applied to international humanitarian law and international criminal law as responses to the phenomenon of terrorism.
Keywords:
terrorism, philosophical anthropology, war, enemy
Author Biography
Juan Francisco Lobo Fernández, Universidad Diego Portales
Abogado, Universidad de Chile; profesor de Introducción al derecho, Universidad Diego Portales; profesor de derecho penal internacional, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Lobo Fernández, J. F. (2014). Terrorism between war and peace: a view from anthropological philosophy and international law. Estudios Internacionales, 46(178), 9–34. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.2014.32514
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