ISBN:
082626252X
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9780826262523
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 242 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library
Series Statement:
Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cooper, Barry, 1943- New political religions, or, An analysis of modern terrorism
DDC:
303.625
Keywords:
Terrorism Religious aspects
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Terrorism Religious aspects
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Islam
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Terrorisme
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Terrorisme Aspect religieux
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Terrorisme Aspect religieux
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Islam
;
Jih*ad
;
Antiaméricanisme
;
Terrorism
;
Jihad
;
Anti-Americanism
;
Terrorism Religious aspects
;
Terrorism Religious aspects
;
Islam
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Terrorism
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Anti-Americanism
;
Jihad
;
Terrorism
;
Terrorism ; Religious aspects
;
Terrorism ; Religious aspects ; Islam
;
Terrorisme
;
Islam
;
Anti-Amerikanisme
;
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Abstract:
Annotation "In New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism, Barry Cooper applies the insights of Eric Voegelin to the phenomenon of modern terrorism. Cooper points out that the chief omission from most contemporary studies of terrorism is an analysis of the "spiritual motivation" that is central to the actions of terrorists today. When spiritual elements are discussed in conventional literature, they are grouped under the opaque term religion. A more conceptually adequate approach is provided by Voegelin's political science and, in particular, by his Shellingian term pneumopathology - a disease of the spirit." "While terrorism has been used throughout the ages as a weapon in political struggles, there is an essential difference between groups who use these tactics for more or less rational political goals and those seeking more apocalyptic ends. Cooper argues that today's terrorists have a spiritual perversity that causes them to place greater significance on killing than on exploiting political grievances. He supports his assertion with an analysis of two groups that share the characteristics of a pneumopathological consciousness - Anum Shinrikyo, the terrorist organization that poisoned thousands of Tokyo subway riders in 1995, and Al-Qaeda, the group behind the infamous 9/11 killings." "In the ongoing conversations among specialists in terrorist studies, as well as the ordinary discourse of citizens in western democracies wishing to understand the world around them, this book will add a distinctive voice."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-226) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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