Martyrdom and terrorism : pre-modern to contemporary perspectives / / Dominic Janes and Alex Houen [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 261.83
• Soggetto topico: Martyrdom; Terrorism; Martyrdom - Christianity; Terrorism - Religious aspects - Christianity; Martyrdom - Islam; Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam
• Persona (resp. second.): JanesDominic; HouenAlex
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Many of those committing recent terrorist attacks have been intent, and have often succeeded, in killing themselves in the process. This volume explores and compares religious and secular traditions of martyrdom and terrorism. Through multidisciplinary analyses, this volume seeks to provide a new and exciting opportunity to develop a comparative history of the practices and discourses of terrorism and martyrdom from antiquity to the twenty-first century.
• Altri titoli varianti: Martyrdom and terrorism
• Titolo autorizzato: Martyrdom and terrorism
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154334303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II