Root causes of suicide terrorism : the globalization of martyrdom / edited by Ami Pedahzur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pedahzur, Ami.

Series:

Cass series on political violence

Cass series: political violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide bombings.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

xix, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Suicide terrorism in its modern form appeared in the 1980s when the Shiite Hezbollah was the first organization to use this strategy in Lebanon. Its subsequent adoption by many organizations in the Middle East and Asia, the majority either Arab or Muslim, led many scholars to emphasize the role of Islam in suicide terrorism's emergence and spread.

Bringing together leading scholars in the field of terrorism studies, amongst them Marc Sageman, Leonard Weinberg and Mia Bloom, this volume sets out to reassess the root causes of suicide terrorism at elite and rank-and-file levels. Challenging the widespread argument that suicide bombing is closely connected to Islam, the contributors have approached the topic from a socio-cultural perspective and have juxtaposed the role of religion, and specifically Islam, in generating suicide terrorism with power struggles between elites for state control. This volume will be essential reading for students of terrorism, security studies, political science and Middle Eastern politics.

Contents:

Introduction : characteristics of suicide attacks / Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger

Defining suicide terrorism / Assaf Moghadam

Dying to kill : motivations for suicide terrorism / Mia Bloom

Dying to be martyrs : the symbolic dimension of suicide terrorism / Mohammed M. Hafez

The roots of suicide terrorism : a multi-causal approach / Assaf Moghadam

Suicide terrorism for secular causes / Leonard Weinberg

Islam and al Qaeda / Marc Sageman

Al-Qaeda and the global epidemic of suicide attacks / Yoram Schweitzer

Being Bin Laden : an applied decision analysis procedure for analyzing and predicting terrorists decisions / Alex Mintz, J. Tyson Chatagnier, and David J. Brulé

Maghreb immigrants becoming suicide terrorists : a case study on religious radicalization processes in Spain / Rogelio Alonso and Fernando Reinares.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415770297

0415770300

OCLC:

62421194

Publisher Number:

9780415770293

9780415770309

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