By Frances L. Flannery
ISBN-10: 1138282499
ISBN-13: 9781138282490
ISBN-10: 1138779547
ISBN-13: 9781138779549
This booklet explores a cross-cultural worldview referred to as 'radical apocalypticism' that underlies the vast majority of terrorist routine within the twenty-first century.
Although no longer all apocalypticism is violent, in its severe kinds radical apocalypticism supplies upward thrust to terrorists as assorted as contributors of Al Qaeda, Anders Behring Breivik, or Timothy McVeigh. In its secular adaptations, it additionally motivates ideological terrorists, similar to the eco-terrorists Earth Liberation entrance or The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. This publication presents an unique paradigm for distinguishing among peaceable and violent or radical sorts of apocalypticism and analyses the historical past, significant modifications, and features of the apocalyptic suggestion method. utilizing an inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural technique, this booklet discusses the mechanisms of radicalization and dynamics of perceived oppression and violence to explain anew the self-identities, motivations, and targets of a wide swath of terrorists. As traditional counter-terrorism methods have up to now did not stem the cycle of terrorism, this technique indicates a complete "cultural" option to scuffling with terrorism that addresses the charm of radical apocalyptic terrorist ideology itself.
This e-book may be of a lot curiosity to scholars of apocalypticism, political violence, terrorism and counter-terrorism, intelligence stories, non secular stories, and safety studies.
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