Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina	303.625
Altri autori (Persone)	BjorgoTore
Soggetto topico	Terrorism Terrorism - Political aspects Terrorism - Economic aspects Terrorism - Religious aspects Terrorism - Social aspects Terrorism - Psychological aspects Terrorism - Prevention
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-134-26561-1 1-134-26562-X 0-429-23035-4 0-203-33765-4 1-280-17757-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Exploring roots of terrorism; 3 Impoverished terrorists; 4 The social and psychological characteristics of terrorism and terrorists; 5 The socio-cultural underpinnings of terrorist psychology; 6 Social, organizational and psychological factors in suicide terrorism; 7 Palestinian resistance and 'suicide bombing'; 8 Roots of terrorism in the Middle East; 9 Nationalist separatism and terrorism in comparative perspective; 10 Root causes of terrorism?; 11 Right-wing terrorism 12 Social-revolutionary terrorism in Latin America and Europe13 The use of terrorism by organized crime; 14 Patterns of state failure; 15 State sponsorship-a root cause of terrorism?; 16 Expected utility and state terrorism; 17 A conceptual framework for resolving terrorism's root causes; 18 Prevention of terrorism; 19 Fire of Iolaus; 20 Conclusions; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451796203321

Autore	Price Daniel E. <1962->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (296 p.)
Disciplina	201/.763325
Collana	Praeger Security International
Soggetto topico	Terrorism - Religious aspects Religion
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-54930-1 9786613861757 0-313-38639-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 How Religion Facilitates Terrorism; 2 A More Complex Relationship between Religion and Terrorism; 3 Political Causes of Religion-Based Terrorism; 4 Socioeconomic Causes of Religion-Based Terrorism; 5 Psychological Causes of Religion-Based Terrorism; 6 Judaism: Religion-Based Terrorism in Israel; 7 Christianity: The Troubles in Northern Ireland and Antiabortion Terrorism in the United States; 8 Islam: Hamas, Hezbollah, and al Qaeda; Conclusion: What's Next?; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O PQ; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462229003321

Autore	Price Daniel E. <1962->
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (296 p.)
Disciplina	201/.763325
Collana	Praeger Security International
Soggetto topico	Terrorism - Religious aspects
ISBN	979-82-16-01053-1 979-82-16-14127-3 1-283-54930-1 9786613861757 0-313-38639-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	How religion facilitates terrorism -- A more complex relationship between religion and terrorism -- Political causes of religion-based terrorism -- Socioeconomic causes of religion-based terrorism -- Psychological causes of religion-based terrorism -- Judaism: religion-based terrorism in Israel -- Christianity: the "troubles" in Northern Ireland and anti-abortion terrorism in the United States -- Islam: Hamas, Hezbollah, and al Qaeda.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910822659103321

Autore	Juergensmeyer Mark
Edizione	[3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2003]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (356 p.)
Disciplina	291.178331
Collana	Comparative Studies in Religion and Society Comparative studies in religion and society
Soggetto topico	Violence - Religious aspects Terrorism - Religious aspects
ISBN	0-520-93061-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Terror in the Mind of God; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Terror and God; The Meaning of Religious Terrorism; Seeing Inside Cultures of Violence; Cultures of Violence; 2 Soldiers for Christ; Mike Bray and Abortion Clinic Bombings; Theological justifications; Eric Robert Rudolph and Timothy McVeigh; Catholics and Protestants in Belfast; 3 Zion Betrayed; Yoel Lerner and the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin; Baruch Goldstein's Attack at the Tomb of the Patriarchs Meir Kahane and jewish justifications for Violence4 Islam's ""Neglected Duty""; Mahmud Abouhalima and the World Trade Center Bombing; Abdul Aziz Rantisi and Hamas Suicide Missions; Modern Islamic justifications for Violence; 5 The Sword of Sikhism; Simranjit Singh Mann and India's Assassinations; Sikh and Hindu justifications for Violence; 6 Armageddon in a Tokyo Subway; Takeshi Nakamura and the Aum Shinrikyo Assault; Can Buddhist Violence Be justified?; The Logic of Religious Violence; 7 Theater of Terror; Performance Violence; Setting the Stage; Illustrations follow page; A Time to Kill Reaching the Audience8 Cosmic War; Grand Scenarios; Symbolic War; When Symbols Become Deadly; 9 Martyrs and Demons; Sacrificial Victims; The Invention of Enemies; America as Enemy; Satanization and the Stages of Empowerment; 10 Warriors' Power; Empowering Marginal Men; Why Guys Throw Bombs; Fighting for the Rule of God; 11 The Mind of God; Empowering Religion; Postmodern Terror; Curing Violence; Destroying Violence; Terrifying Terrorists; Violence Wins; Separating Religion from Politics; Healing Politics with Religion; Notes; Interviews and Correspondence; Bibliography; Index
Altri titoli varianti	Global rise of religious violence
Record Nr.	UNISA-996248323503316

Autore	Ėmanuilov R. I͡A (Rakhaim I͡Ashaevich)
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina	201.763325
Altri autori (Persone)	I͡AshlavskiĭAndreĭ
Soggetto topico	Violence - Religious aspects Terrorism - Religious aspects Religion and politics
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-61811-059-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Islamist Terrorism: A Perversion or the Norm? -- Chapter 2. The Ideological Roots of Religious Terrorism: Salafism and Jihadism -- Chapter 3. Palestine: From Left-Wing Nationalism to Islamism -- Chapter 4. The Islamic Revolution: The Export Version -- Chapter 5. Al-Qaeda: Terrorist Franchising -- Chapter 6. Afghanistan: From Mujahideen to Taliban -- Chapter 7. Jihadism in the Post-Soviet Landscape -- As a conclusion. Resisting Religious Extremism and Terrorism: What should be done? -- Bibliography -- Links -- Index -- About the Authors -- Also Published by Academic Studies Press in 2011
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457295003321