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Talking to the enemy : faith, brotherhood, and the (un)making of terrorists / Scott Atran.

By: Atran, Scott, 1952-.
Publisher: New York : Ecco Press, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: xviii, 558 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780061344909; 0061344907.Subject(s): Qaida (Organization) | Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah | Taliban | Qaida (Organization) | Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah | Taliban | Terrorists -- Psychology | Terrorism -- Social aspects | Terrorism -- Religious aspects | International relations | Group identity | Terrorism -- Psychological aspects | Terrorism -- Social aspects | Terrorism -- Religious aspects | International relations | Group identityOnline resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
I. The cause. 1. Sulawesi : an anthropologist at work -- 2. To be human : what is it? -- 3. The Moors of Mezuak -- II. The religious rise of civilizations. 4. Creation of the western world -- 5. Submission : Islam -- 6. The tides of terror -- 7. A parallel universe : the 9/11 Hamburg group and the three waves of jihad -- III. Whither Al Qaeda? Bali and Madrid. 8. Farhin's way -- 9. The road to Bali : "For all you Christian infidels!" -- 10. The JI social club -- 11. The great train bombing : Madrid, March 11, 2004 -- 12. Looking for Al Qaeda -- 13. The ordinariness of terror -- IV. The wild east. 14. Prying into Pakistan -- 15. A question of honor : why the Taliban fight and what to do about it -- 16. The terror scare : exaggerating threats at home and abroad -- V. War parties : groups, God, and glory. 17. All in the family : imagined kin, friendship, and teamwork -- 18. Blood sport : war makes men men -- 19. Beyond all reason : the Clausewitz delusion -- VI. "The mother of all problems" : Palestine, the world's symbolic knot. 20. Martyrdom 101 -- 21. Words to end wars : the science of the sacred -- VII. The divine dream and the collapse of cultures. 22. Bad faith : the new atheist salvation -- 23. Human rites : natural origins and evolution of religion -- 24. Our religious world -- Epilogue : Abe's answer : the question of politics.
Summary: Looks at the root causes of terrorism; discusses the psychological, social, and religious aspects of terrorism; and offers practical solutions on ways to identify and prevent future terrorists.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-533) and index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-533) and index.

I. The cause. 1. Sulawesi : an anthropologist at work -- 2. To be human : what is it? -- 3. The Moors of Mezuak -- II. The religious rise of civilizations. 4. Creation of the western world -- 5. Submission : Islam -- 6. The tides of terror -- 7. A parallel universe : the 9/11 Hamburg group and the three waves of jihad -- III. Whither Al Qaeda? Bali and Madrid. 8. Farhin's way -- 9. The road to Bali : "For all you Christian infidels!" -- 10. The JI social club -- 11. The great train bombing : Madrid, March 11, 2004 -- 12. Looking for Al Qaeda -- 13. The ordinariness of terror -- IV. The wild east. 14. Prying into Pakistan -- 15. A question of honor : why the Taliban fight and what to do about it -- 16. The terror scare : exaggerating threats at home and abroad -- V. War parties : groups, God, and glory. 17. All in the family : imagined kin, friendship, and teamwork -- 18. Blood sport : war makes men men -- 19. Beyond all reason : the Clausewitz delusion -- VI. "The mother of all problems" : Palestine, the world's symbolic knot. 20. Martyrdom 101 -- 21. Words to end wars : the science of the sacred -- VII. The divine dream and the collapse of cultures. 22. Bad faith : the new atheist salvation -- 23. Human rites : natural origins and evolution of religion -- 24. Our religious world -- Epilogue : Abe's answer : the question of politics.

Looks at the root causes of terrorism; discusses the psychological, social, and religious aspects of terrorism; and offers practical solutions on ways to identify and prevent future terrorists.

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