Harvard and the Unabomber : the education of an American terrorist / by Alston Chase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chase, Alston.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kaczynski, Theodore John, 1942-2023.

Kaczynski, Theodore John.

Serial murderers--United States--Biography.

Serial murderers.

Bombers (Terrorists).

Psychology.

United States.

Serial murderers--United States--Psychology.

Bombers (Terrorists)--United States--Biography.

Bombers (Terrorists)--United States--Psychology.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, [2003]

Summary:

From brilliant scholar to serial killer--this radical book queries, "Was Ted Kaczynski mad? Or is he a mirror to our times?" of photos.

Contents:

1 The Crimson Killer 17

Part 1 The Unabomber: Crimes and Questions

2 A Man of Letters 37

3 The Scientific Method 47

4 The Perfect Detonator 64

5 The Face in the Mirror 83

6 Ah, Wilderness! 101

7 Gridlock at Last Chance Gulch 120

8 Kafka Comes to Sacramento 129

Part 2 The Education of a Serial Killer

9 The Loneliness of the Blue-Collar Intellectual 155

10 Growing Up Absurd 165

11 The Religion of Reason 181

12 Is Intelligence Evil? 190

13 Harvard's Culture of Despair 207

14 "Lumpenstudenten": Falling between the Cracks 214

15 The Experiment 228

16 The Dyad 240

17 The Old School Tie 251

18 Murray, the Zelig 267

19 The Cognitive Style of Murder 281

Part 3 The Descent of Ted Kaczynski and the Ideology of Modern Terrorism

20 Nightmares about Psychologists 297

21 Dawn of the Age of Aquarius 307

22 The Two Diasporas 318

23 Bonbons and Bombs 327

24 Jihad 346

25 Ted Kaczynski and the Rise of Modern Terrorism 358.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-419) and index.

ISBN:

0393020029

OCLC:

50560658