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This book analyzes the nature and causes of contemporary global terrorism. It examines counter-state and state terrorism, with an emphasis on the latter in light of its scale, persistence, and intensity as well as its absence from the existing literature. In essence, it discovers and predicts anti-liberalism in the form of conservatism as the main ideological source of modern terrorism.
Price: $35.00
Pages: 393
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Publication Date:
29 July 2014
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9781608463817
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism, Social and political philosophy, Colonialism and imperialism, Politics and government, Political ideologies and movements
The book presents some new and provocative ideas [ ]Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above”
G. M. Farr, Choice
G. M. Farr, Choice
“The book presents some new and provocative ideas […]Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above”
—G. M. Farr, Choice
—G. M. Farr, Choice
Milan Zafirovski: Ph.D. (1999), Florida International University, is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. He has published books and articles in sociology and economics, including The Destiny of Modern Societies (2009) and Liberal Modernity and its Adversaries (2007).
Daniel G. Rodeheaver: Ph.D. (1990), University of Georgia, is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology at the University of North Texas. He has published books, articles and and monographs in sociology and criminology/criminal justice, including Militias in the New Millennium (2004).
Daniel G. Rodeheaver: Ph.D. (1990), University of Georgia, is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology at the University of North Texas. He has published books, articles and and monographs in sociology and criminology/criminal justice, including Militias in the New Millennium (2004).
Introduction
1. The Concept of Modern Terrorism
Defining Modern Terrorism
Official Definitions of Terrorism
Scholarly Definitions of Terrorism
Redefining Terrorism
2. Classification of Modern Terrorism
Typologies of Modern Terrorism
State and Counter-State Terrorism
Other Types of Terrorism
3. Anti-Modernity and Modern Terrorism
What Causes and Justifies Terrorism in Western and non-Western Societies?
A Sociological Framework for Analyzing Modern Terrorism
Anti-modernity and Modern Terrorism
Dimensions of Anti-Modernity and Modern Terrorism
4. Anti-Liberalism and Modern Terrorism
Antagonism toward Liberal-Democratic Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism
Conservative Anti-liberalism and Terrorism
Fascism and Terrorism
Religious Fundamentalism and Terrorism
Opposition to Liberal Democracy and Terrorism
Summary: Anti-Liberalism and Modern Terrorism
5. Anti-Secularism and Modern Terrorism
Antagonism toward Secular Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism
Theocratic Revolt and Terrorism
From Theological Orthodoxy to Terrorism through Theocratic Revolt
World Religions and Terrorism Revisited
6. Anti-Rationalism and Modern Terrorism
Antagonism toward Rationalistic Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism
Irrationalism and Terrorism
Religious Anti-Rationalism and Terrorism--Factors of “Holy” Terror
7. Anti-Globalism and Modern Terrorism
Antagonism toward Global-Cosmopolitan Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism
Anti-Cosmopolitanism and Terrorism
Global-Cosmopolitan Society and Its Enemies and Global Terror
Societal Closure and Terrorism
Conclusions
Modernism, Anti-Modernism, and Modern Terrorism
Summary
The Present/Future Vicious Circle of Anti-Liberalism and Terrorism and How to Break It
References
Index
1. The Concept of Modern Terrorism
Defining Modern Terrorism
Official Definitions of Terrorism
Scholarly Definitions of Terrorism
Redefining Terrorism
2. Classification of Modern Terrorism
Typologies of Modern Terrorism
State and Counter-State Terrorism
Other Types of Terrorism
3. Anti-Modernity and Modern Terrorism
What Causes and Justifies Terrorism in Western and non-Western Societies?
A Sociological Framework for Analyzing Modern Terrorism
Anti-modernity and Modern Terrorism
Dimensions of Anti-Modernity and Modern Terrorism
4. Anti-Liberalism and Modern Terrorism
Antagonism toward Liberal-Democratic Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism
Conservative Anti-liberalism and Terrorism
Fascism and Terrorism
Religious Fundamentalism and Terrorism
Opposition to Liberal Democracy and Terrorism
Summary: Anti-Liberalism and Modern Terrorism
5. Anti-Secularism and Modern Terrorism
Antagonism toward Secular Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism
Theocratic Revolt and Terrorism
From Theological Orthodoxy to Terrorism through Theocratic Revolt
World Religions and Terrorism Revisited
6. Anti-Rationalism and Modern Terrorism
Antagonism toward Rationalistic Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism
Irrationalism and Terrorism
Religious Anti-Rationalism and Terrorism--Factors of “Holy” Terror
7. Anti-Globalism and Modern Terrorism
Antagonism toward Global-Cosmopolitan Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism
Anti-Cosmopolitanism and Terrorism
Global-Cosmopolitan Society and Its Enemies and Global Terror
Societal Closure and Terrorism
Conclusions
Modernism, Anti-Modernism, and Modern Terrorism
Summary
The Present/Future Vicious Circle of Anti-Liberalism and Terrorism and How to Break It
References
Index