Manus I. Midlarsky is the Moses and Annuta Back Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution at Rutgers University. He is the author of The Killing Trap: Genocide in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
Introduction
Part I. Theory and Empirics: 1. The ephemeral gain: intimations of the politically finite
2. Mortality salience: intimations of the corporeally finite
3. Cases
Part II. The Secular 'Isms': 4. Fascism
5. Communism
Part III. An Ostensibly Sacred 'Ism': 6. Radical Islamism: foundations
7. Contemporary radical Islamist movements
8. Muslims in India
Part IV. Extreme Nationalism: 9. Sri Lankan Tamils
10. Poland
11. The Balkans
12. The rampaging military
13. Variations in genocidal behavior
Part V. Conclusion: 14. Pathways to extremism
15. Ethics and morality: the rejection of traditional moral restraints
16. War, peace, and the decline of extremism.
Introduction; Part I. Theory and Empirics: 1. The ephemeral gain: intimations of the politically finite; 2. Mortality salience: intimations of the corporeally finite; 3. Cases; Part II. The Secular 'Isms': 4. Fascism; 5. Communism; Part III. An Ostensibly Sacred 'Ism': 6. Radical Islamism: foundations; 7. Contemporary radical Islamist movements; 8. Muslims in India; Part IV. Extreme Nationalism: 9. Sri Lankan Tamils; 10. Poland; 11. The Balkans; 12. The rampaging military; 13. Variations in genocidal behavior; Part V. Conclusion: 14. Pathways to extremism; 15. Ethics and morality: the rejection of traditional moral restraints; 16. War, peace, and the decline of extremism.
