There are four ways to think of terrorism: social places, means of execution (weapon), ways of communication, collective embodiment

• Kirsanova L.I.

  Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service
  Vladivostok. Russia

• Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service
  Vladivostok. Russia

There is no settled difference between terrorism and war in philosophy. We advise you to use the following criteria to characterize the content of what is considered as terrorism and/or war: social places, means of initiation (weapon), ways of communication and collective bodies. Place is not a landscape, but we name it “Arche-” homeland, motherland, which provides alibi war discourse, while terrorism is nomad field. Everything put into action by force and fire is considered to be means of war and terrorism. Rifle makes soldier. Available quantity of weapons encourages its usage. Media is a way of legitimation of terroristic discourse: a violence is declared as an act of terrorism even when its reason is unknown. But war breaks communication. Terroristic act and its consequences force to interact different social bodies: affected terrorist’s body (suicide bomber and others) and even-tempered disciplined social body of European man. Analysis of social bodies’ practices shows us rebelling, perverse, affecting bodies as well as bodies full of discipline, obedience, in other words - subjective, sovereign bodies.

Keywords: terrorism, act of terrorism, war, war and terrorism discourse.