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In Modernity and Terrorism: From Anti-Modernity to Modern Global Terror Milan Zafirovski and Daniel G. Rodeheaver analyze the nature, types, and causes of contemporary global terrorism. The book redefines modern terrorism in a novel more comprehensive manner compared to the previous literature. It examines counter-state and state terrorism, with an emphasis on the latter in light of its scale, persistence, and intensity as well as its relative neglect in the literature. The book identifies and predicts the general cause of most modern terrorism in anti-modernity as the adverse reaction to and reversal of liberal-democratic, secular, rationalistic, and globalized, modernity. In essence, it discovers and predicts anti-liberalism in the form of conservatism as the main source and force of modern terrorism.

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Author:   Milan Zafirovski ,  Daniel G. Rodeheaver
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   52
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.749kg
ISBN:  

9789004242876

ISBN 10:   9004242872
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   02 May 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Concept of Modern Terrorism Defining Modern Terrorism Official Definitions of Terrorism Scholarly Definitions of Terrorism Redefining Terrorism 2. Classification of Modern Terrorism Typologies of Modern Terrorism State and Counter-State Terrorism Other Types of Terrorism 3. Anti-Modernity and Modern Terrorism What Causes and Justifies Terrorism in Western and non-Western Societies? A Sociological Framework for Analyzing Modern Terrorism Anti-modernity and Modern Terrorism Dimensions of Anti-Modernity and Modern Terrorism 4. Anti-Liberalism and Modern Terrorism Antagonism toward Liberal-Democratic Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism Conservative Anti-liberalism and Terrorism Fascism and Terrorism Religious Fundamentalism and Terrorism Opposition to Liberal Democracy and Terrorism Summary: Anti-Liberalism and Modern Terrorism 5. Anti-Secularism and Modern Terrorism Antagonism toward Secular Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism Theocratic Revolt and Terrorism From Theological Orthodoxy to Terrorism through Theocratic Revolt World Religions and Terrorism Revisited 6. Anti-Rationalism and Modern Terrorism Antagonism toward Rationalistic Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism Irrationalism and Terrorism Religious Anti-Rationalism and Terrorism--Factors of “Holy” Terror 7. Anti-Globalism and Modern Terrorism Antagonism toward Global-Cosmopolitan Modernity as the Factor of Modern Terrorism Anti-Cosmopolitanism and Terrorism Global-Cosmopolitan Society and Its Enemies and Global Terror Societal Closure and Terrorism Conclusions Modernism, Anti-Modernism, and Modern Terrorism Summary The Present/Future Vicious Circle of Anti-Liberalism and Terrorism and How to Break It References Index

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The book presents some new and provocative ideas [...] Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above G. M. Farr, Choice

The book presents some new and provocative ideas [...] Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above G. M. Farr, Choice

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Milan Zafirovski, Ph.D. (1999), Florida International University, is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. He has published books and articles in sociology and economics, including The Destiny of Modern Societies (2009) and Liberal Modernity and its Adversaries (2007). Daniel G. Rodeheaver, Ph.D. (1990), University of Georgia, is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology at the University of North Texas. He has published books, articles and and monographs in sociology and criminology/criminal justice, including Militias in the New Millennium (2004).

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