Description
| Product ID: | 9780230241299 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Terrorist's Creed |
| Subtitle: | Fanatical Violence and the Human Need for Meaning |
| Authors: | Author: R. Griffin |
| Page Count: | 270 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, History: specific events and topics, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Crime and criminology, Organized crime, Political science and theory, History: specific events & topics, History of Western philosophy, Crime & criminology, Organized crime, Political science & theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Terrorist's Creed casts a penetrating beam of empathetic understanding into the disturbing and murky psychological world of fanatical violence, explaining how the fanaticism it demands stems from the profoundly human need to imbue existence with meaning and transcendence. A study of the origins and motivations behind terrorism. Roger Griffin explores the nature of fear in post-modern society, alongside the "metapolitical" universe of the terrorist. Widely studied is the terrorist''s "rational" aim to achieve objectives through violent means, but this work highlights the impulsive and passionate drivers of violence. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-09-19 |
