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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816093803321

Autore

Moghaddam Fathali M

Titolo

How globalization spurs terrorism : the lopsided benefits of "one world" and why that fuels violence / / Fathali M. Moghaddam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Security International, , 2008

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-66661-2

1-282-34096-4

9786612340963

0-313-34481-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Disciplina

363.325/11

Soggetti

Islamic fundamentalism

Terrorism and globalization

Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

A dangerous new world -- The psychological citizen and globalization -- Universal needs and the psychological roots of radicalization and terrorism -- One world : globalization as ideal -- Fractured globalization : globalization in practice -- Intergroup contact and catastrophic evolution -- Threatened identities, change and globalization -- Universal rights and duties as explosive threats -- The american dilemma becomes global -- Afterward: The veiled solitude : women as the solution.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores modern Islamic terrorism in the context of globalization and cultural evolution. 21st century terrorism is different and new, first because it relies heavily on electronic communication systems and other aspects of modern technologies, and second, because it is in large part a product of fractured globalization, with its associated threats to the collective identity of Muslims. Part one of this work contrasts globalization as an ideal with globalization as it is actually taking place, with its enormous contradictions and threats. Moghaddam, a longtime and highly respected te