Riaz Hassan

Life as a Weapon (eBook, ePUB)

The Global Rise of Suicide Bombings

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Produktbeschreibung

Suicide bombing has become a weapon of choice among terrorist groups because of its lethality and ability to cause mayhem and fear. But who carries out these acts, and what motivates them? By undertaking analysis of the information in the most comprehensive suicide terrorism database in the world, Life as a Weapon seeks to question and in turn undermine the common perception that the psychopathology of suicide bombers and their religious beliefs are the principal causes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136921063
• Artikelnr.: 41506026

Autorenporträt

Riaz Hassan is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia and Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies National University of Singapore. His research interests include suicide terrorism, housing, and Muslim Societies. His recent books include Faithlines: Muslim Conceptions of Islam and Society (Oxford University Press, 2004) and Inside Muslim Minds (Melbourne University Press, 2008). He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and a member of the Order of Australia.

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Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction: Life as a Weapon Cato's suicide
Crucifixion death of Jesus Christ
The Martyrs of Cordoba
The Jewish Zealots and Sicarii
The Order of Assasins
Japanese traditions of the political and military sacrifice
Outline of the book Chapter 1: Global Trends in Suicide Bombing 1981-2006 The Flinders University Suicide Terrorism Project
Incidence of suicide bombings and fatalities, 1981-2006
Suicide bombings by country
Suicide bombings and other forms of terrorism
Lethality of suicide bombings
Targets and types of suicide bombings
Concluding remarks Chapter 2: Explaining Suicide Bombings Explanations focusing on individual characteristics and motivations
Suicide bombing as organizational imperative and strategic weapon
Societal conditions: repressive occupation, humiliation and altruism
The social construction of altruism Chapter 3: Suicide Bombings in Iraq Iraqi insurgency
Iraqi Nationalists
Iraqi Islamists
Darnah, Libya: A mini Martyrdom Central
FUSTD Suicide Bombing Profile: Iraq
Targets of suicide attacks
Types of suicide attacks
Biography of an Iraqi suicide bomber
Baghdad Badr attack
Concluding remarks Chapter 4: Suicide Bombings in Israel and Palestine The Oslo Accord
The Al-Aqsa Intifada I
Palestinian suicide bombings
Main sporting orgainzations
Hamas
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Al-Aqsa Intifada II
FUSTD Suicide Bombing Profile: Israel and Palestine
Type of suicide attacks and targets
Two case studies of suicide bombers
Concluding remarks Chapter 5: Suicide Bombings in Pakistan The Islamization program
The occupation of Afghanistan
Post-9/11 developments
Suicide bombing campaigns
What attracts young Pakistanis to militancy?
Learning to be suicide bombers
Biographies of a suicide bomber and a recruiter/facilitator
FUSTD Suicide Bombing Profile: Pakistan
Concluding remarks Chapter 6: Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan Protagonists in the Afghanistan conflict
Resurgence of the Taliban
Configuring the conflict
FUSTD Suicide Bombing Profile: Afghanistan
The incidence of suicide attacks 2001-06
Weapons and regions of suicide bombing
Who are Afghanistan's suicide bombers?
Insights from UNAMA interviews
Cross-border dimensions of insurgency
Concluding remarks Chapter 7: Suicide Bombings in Sri Lanka History of the Conflict
The LTTE and Suicide Bombings
FUSTD Suicide Bombing Profile: Sri Lanka
Tamil Tigers: Two Profiles
Concluding remarks Chapter 8: Suicide Bombings: Homicidal Killing or a Weapon of War? Suicide and Suicide Bombing
War and War Killing
Killing in War and Terrorism
War Killing and Murder
Good Death Bad Death
Concluding remarks Epilogue Suicide bombers are not mad
A strategic weapon, tactic
Driven mainly by politics, not religion
Humiliation aids sub-culture of suicide bombing
Sometimes driven by revenge and retaliation
Altruistically driven action
Countering suicide terrorism