Scott Atran

Broschiertes Buch

Talking to the Enemy

Violent Extremism, Sacred Values, and What it Means to Be Human

Beschreibung

The author has spent years talking to terrorists - from Gaza and Afghanistan, to Indonesia and Europe. In this book, he delivers a fascinating journey into the mindsets of radicalised people in the twenty-first century, and offers deep insights into the history of all religions.

Autor

Scott Atran is a director of research in anthropology at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, France. He is also a research associate and visiting professor in psychology and public policy at the University of Michigan, a Presidential Scholar in Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and cofounder of ARTIS Research and Risk Modeling.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780241951767
• ISBN-10: 0241951763
• Artikelnr.: 33713893

Rezensionen

This deeply researched, wide ranging, and very timely study provides a compelling and often surprising account of what lies behind the jihadi phenomenon . . . . It should be read carefully, and pondered. Noam Chomsky