From the Terrorists' Point of View What They Experience and Why They Come to Destroy

Name: From the Terrorists' Point of View What They Experience and Why They Come to Destroy
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ISBN: 9780275988258

ISBN-10: 0275988252

ISBN-13: 9780275988258

Edition: 2006

Authors: Fathali M. Moghaddam

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Presenting a picture of the world giving rise to Islamic terrorism, From the Terrorists' Point of View argues that terrorism arises from a deep and pervasive identity crisis in Islamic societies. The account presented in these 10 chapters is shaped by the author's first-hand experiences of life in the Islamic world, as well as his more than quarter-century of research on the psychology of conflict and radicalism. Moghaddam shows us why individuals who are recruited into terrorist organizations are convinced it is the only viable alternative. They believe there are no effective legal means of expressing their grievances and participating in decision making, so they become socialized to see…

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List price: $70.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 6/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990



Preface


Acknowledgments



Why Consider the Terrorists' Point of View?



Identity Needs and Globalization



The Staircase to Terrorism



Ground Floor: Growing Dissatisfaction among the Multitudes



First Floor: How Do We Fight This Unfair System?



Second Floor: Those Americans Are to Blame!



Third Floor: The Ends Justify the Means



Fourth Floor: It's Us against Them



Fifth Floor: This "Heroic" Act Will Improve the World



Contextualized Democracy as a Solution to Terrorism


Appendix


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index