ABSTRACT
The work published on the topic already placed ontological, epistemological and ethical-normative commitments at the centre of the first Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS)' academic - and political agenda. The CTS' agenda was formulated in Critical Terrorism Studies: A new Research Agenda. CTS was created to denounce these issues and offer a counter-narrative to the dominant, mainstream understanding of terrorism. Specifically, rethinking CTS' theoretical and philosophical bases, Make Hegel great again: on Hegel's Epistemological Contribution to Critical Terrorism Studies, by Athanasios Gkoutzioulis, makes a case for the importance of Hegel's philosophy in the understanding of terrorism. This chapter highlights the possibility for critical scholars to work with mainstream CT policies, although after the deconstruction and reformulation of these. It aims at rethinking and reformulating CTS through new philosophical positions, ethical engagements and normative stances. The chapter also aims at putting forward a first, debatable sketch of what CTS' normative action could look like and what it would entail.
