1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910370248203321

Autore

Hartleb Florian

Titolo

Lone Wolves : The New Terrorism of Right-Wing Single Actors / / by Florian Hartleb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-36153-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 pages)

Disciplina

363.325

Soggetti

Political science

Terrorism

Political violence

Personality

Social psychology

Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations

Terrorism and Political Violence

Personality and Social Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Right-wing Terrorism. Still an Underestimated Threat -- What is a "Lone Wolf"? -- Offenders and Terrorism. Ideology, Motives, Objectives -- Radicalisation in Our Very Midst and in Virtual Rooms and Spaces -- Counter-Strategies and Prevention -- Conclusions. .

Sommario/riassunto

As the attacks in Norway, Munich and most recently Christchurch have shown: a new threat is now shaking liberal Western societies. Radicalized right-wing extremists – so-called lone wolves – are engaging in individually planned terror attacks. Written by an expert on terrorism and populism, this book highlights the dynamics of this new breed of terrorism. By providing in-depth insights into the biographies of individual perpetrators, it illustrates the changing profile of the typical lone terrorist. This new kind of terrorist engages in violence without being a member of a party or organization, yet is radicalized by a global right-wing subculture that communicates in virtual networks. This startling and well-written book reveals the ideological roots of



lone wolf terrorism and urges governments and civil society to take the threat seriously and implement suitable countermeasures.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961575603321

Autore

White Frederick H. <1970->

Titolo

Memoirs and madness : Leonid Andreev through the prism of the literary portrait / / Frederick H. White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006

ISBN

9786612850059

9780773577947

0773577947

9781282850057

1282850059

9780773560086

0773560084

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 339 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Disciplina

891.733

Soggetti

Biography as a literary form

Authors, Russian - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Includes an annotated translation of A book about Leonid Andreev."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Leonid Andreev through the Prism of the Literary Portrait -- Introduction -- Maksim Gor’kii -- Kornei Chukovskii -- Aleksandr Blok -- Georgii Chulkov -- Boris Zaitsev -- Nikolai Teleshov -- Evgenii Zamiatin -- Andrei Belyi -- The Literary Portrait -- Projecting Personal Isolation -- “He is not with them, he is with us, he is ours”: Belyi -- The Importance of Friendship and Sreda: Teleshov -- Creative Energy and Manic Episodes: Chukovskii -- Inner Turmoil and the Dark Side of Depression: Chulkov -- A Shared Sense of Chaos: Blok -- The Dreamer and the Mathematician: Gor’kii -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Memoirs and Madness examines memoir as a literary genre, investigates the creation of Leonid Andreev's posthumous legacy by his



contemporaries, and explores the possibility that Andreev, Russia's leading literary figure at the beginning of the twentieth century, suffered from mental illness. Frederick White's primary focus is A Book About Leonid Andreev (1922), the most important collection of memoirs dedicated to the Russian author, presented here in the first English translation. The agendas of the memoirists resulted in portraits that have influenced how Andreev is read and spoken about to the present day. White pays special attention to Andreev's history of mental illness, which the memoirists described with vague terms such as "creative energy" or "inner turmoil." Past scholarship has focused on philosophical and sociological factors in the author's life but this concentration on his mental health provides a fruitful approach to deciphering the literary portraits.