1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782024503321

Autore

Hamm Mark S

Titolo

Terrorism as crime [[electronic resource] ] : from Oklahoma City to Al-Qaeda and beyond / / Mark S. Hamm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-3745-5

0-8147-9087-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Alternative Criminology Series

Disciplina

364.1

Soggetti

Terrorism

Radicalism

Terrorism - United States

Radicalism - United States

Criminology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The criminology of terrorism -- Criminal stupidity and the age of sacred terrorism : the first World Trade Center bombing -- Vulnerabilities of the Jihad - prelude to 9/11 : the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania -- The legacy of lost causes : the covenant, the sword, and the arm of the Lord -- Charisma, conflict, and style : the Order -- The seduction of terrorist mythology : the Aryan Republican Army -- Al-Qaeda, the radical right, and beyond : the current terrorist threat.

Sommario/riassunto

Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. In Terrorism as Crime Mark S. Hamm presents an understanding of terrorism from a criminological point of view, arguing that the most successful way to understand, detect, prosecute and deter these acts is to use conventional criminal investigation methods. Whether in Oklahoma City or London, Terrorism as Crime demonstrates that criminal activity is the lifeblood of terrorist groups and that there are simple common denominators at work that can remove the mystery surrounding many of the



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816814003321

Autore

Bloch Maurice

Titolo

Anthropology and the cognitive challenge / / Maurice Bloch [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-50790-7

1-107-22541-8

1-280-77505-X

9786613685445

1-139-51744-9

1-139-02000-5

1-139-51487-3

1-139-51394-X

1-139-51652-3

1-139-51837-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

New departures in anthropology

Classificazione

SOC002020

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Cognition and culture

Anthropology

Ethnopsychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. Why social scientists should not avoid cognitive issues; 2. Innateness and social scientists' fears; 3. How anthropology abandoned a naturalist epistemology; 4. The nature/culture wars; 5. Time and the anthropologists; 6. Reconciling social science and cognitive science notions of the 'self'; 7. What goes without saying; 8. Memory.

Sommario/riassunto

This provocative new study one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists proposes that an understanding of cognitive science enriches, rather than threatens, the work of social scientists. Maurice Bloch argues for a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, introducing developments in cognitive sciences such as



psychology and neurology and exploring the relevance of these developments for central anthropological concerns: the person or the self, cosmology, kinship, memory and globalisation. Opening with an exploration of the history of anthropology, Bloch shows why and how naturalist approaches were abandoned and argues that these once valid reasons are no longer relevant. Bloch then shows how such subjects as the self, memory and the conceptualisation of time benefit from being simultaneously approached with the tools of social and cognitive science. Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge will stimulate fresh debate among scholars and students across a wide range of disciplines.