Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Lewis, James R.

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Produktbeschreibung

There is currently much discussion regarding the causes of terrorist acts, as well as the connection between terrorism and religion. Terrorism is attributed either to religious 'fanaticism' or, alternately, to political and economic factors, with religion more or less dismissed as a secondary factor. The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism examines this complex relationship between religion and terrorism phenomenon through a collection of essays freshly written for this volume. Bringing varying approaches to the topic, from the theoretical to the empirical, the Companion includes an array of subjects, such as radicalization, suicide bombing, and rational choice, as well as specific case studies. The result is a richly textured collection that prompts readers to critically consider the cluster of phenomena that we have come to refer to as 'terrorism,' and terrorism's relationship with the similarly problematic set of phenomena that we call 'religion.'

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108515399
• Artikelnr.: 48828981

Inhaltsangabe

1. Does religion cause terrorism? Mark Juergensmeyer; 2. Religion,
violence, nonsense, and power William T. Cavanaugh; 3. Discounting religion
in the explanation of homegrown terrorism: a critique Lorne L. Dawson; 4.
Religion, radicalization, and the causes of terrorism Tom Mills and David
Miller; 5. The role of the devoted actor in war, revolution, and terrorism
Scott Atran; 6. Girard on apocalypse and terrorism Espen Dahl; 7. Rational
choice and religious terrorism: its bases, applications, and future
directions Stephen Nemeth; 8. Terror as sacrificial ritual? A discussion of
(neo-) Durkheimian approaches to suicide bombing Lorenz Graitl; 9.
Imitations of terror: applying a retro style of analysis to the
religion-terrorism nexus James R. Lewis; 10. The LTTE: a non-religious,
political, martial movement for establishing the right of
self-determination of ¿lattamils Peter Schalk; 11. The role of religion in
al-Qaeda's violence Pieter Nanninga; 12. Meanings of savagery: terror,
religion, and the Islamic State Pieter Nanninga; 13. Where's Charlie? The
discourse of religious violence in France post 7/1 2015 Per-Erik Nilsson;
14. Understanding the threat of the Islamic State in contemporary
Kyrgyzstan Meerim Aitkulova; 15. Terror and the screen: keeping the
relationship of good and bad virtual Christopher Hartney; 16. Understanding
Falun Gong's martyrdom strategy as spiritual terrorism James R. Lewis and
Nicole S. Ruskell.