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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822283803321

Autore

Cliteur P. B.

Titolo

Theoterrorism v. freedom of speech : from incident to precedent / / Paul Cliteur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

90-485-5027-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

201.763325

Soggetti

Terrorism - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Preface -- 1. The Rudi Carrell Affair in Germany -- 2. The Rudi Carrell Affair in the Netherlands -- 3. The Coherence of Theoterrorism -- 4. The Danish Cartoon Affair -- 5. The Rushdie Affair and Charles Taylor -- 6. The Rushdie Affair and Michael Dummett -- 7. Modern hostage taking -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Rushdie Affair, the Danish Cartoon Affair, the assault on Charlie Hebdo, and the earlier Carrell Affair, are examples of religious fanatics' extreme reactions to religious satire and criticism. Perpetrators of these actions consider themselves as true believers. This book aims to understand their motives by means of the concept of theoterrorism: terrorism grounded in religious zealotry.