ABSTRACT
The role of discursive technology, in the technologies of the self is to construct 'regimes of truth' which subjects are disciplined in reference to, and then subjected according to. This chapter reveals how this was done in relation to the production of radicalisation as a discourse. It shows the significant role that threat narratives played in the construction of the Muslim problem for interviewees. Overall, there were two major narratives produced - the security threat and the problem of integration - with a number of other concurrent sub-narratives also peddled. The chapter attempts to elucidate the significance of expertise and knowledge in the explosion of discursive production. It presents the production and development of radicalisation as a discourse that was formulated by policymakers, popularised by the media and legitimised by a plethora of experts. It attempts to elucidate the significance of expertise and knowledge in the explosion of discursive production.
