On suicide bombing /
Like many people in America and around the world, Talal Asad experienced the events of September 11, 2001, largely through the media and the emotional response of others. For many non-Muslims, ""the suicide bomber"" quickly became the icon of ""an Islamic culture of dea...
| Основен автор: | Asad, Talal. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Columbia University Press,
℗♭2007.
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| Серия: |
Wellek Library lectures at the University of California, Irvine.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=198816 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
On suicide bombing. |
| Резюме: |
Like many people in America and around the world, Talal Asad experienced the events of September 11, 2001, largely through the media and the emotional response of others. For many non-Muslims, ""the suicide bomber"" quickly became the icon of ""an Islamic culture of death"" & mdash;a conceptual leap that struck Asad as problematic. Is there a ""religiously-motivated terrorism?"" If so, how does it differ from other cruelties? What makes its motivation ""religious""? Where does it stand in relation to other forms of collective violence?Drawing on his extensive scholarship in the s. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (128 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-120) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780231511971 0231511973 0231141521 9780231141529 |