Terrorism and the Politics of Social Change

A Durkheimian Analysis

James Dingley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-37656-4 (ISBN)

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Terrorism and political violence have invariably accompanied the progressive modernization of states; a socio-cultural reaction to the problems of social change and development. To understand this phenomenon, it is necessary to consider the nature of traditional society and how it differs from modernity. Starting with a basic history of modern terrorism, James Dingley uses a Durkheimian sociological framework to dissect the role of social relations, culture and religion in impelling men and women to defend their socio-cultural context with violence against the challenge of external forces. Placing emphasis on a historical and social understanding of violence and key issues such as nationalism, religion, science, the Enlightenment and Romanticism for understanding terrorism in all its forms, this book allows for a more critical examination of terrorism as a response to changes in the organization and cultural goals in a society. It is a decisive contribution to our understanding of the political and social relevance of terrorism as we know and experience it today.

James Dingley is at the University of Kurdistan, Kurdistan, Iraq and a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland .

Contents: Foreword; Introduction; War and violence: understanding the breeds; Terrorism: understanding the heavens; The heavens described; Making the man - terrorism charted and defined; Terrorism in the modern world; Durkheim, sociology and understanding terrorism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.06.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-37656-6 / 1138376566
ISBN-13	978-1-138-37656-4 / 9781138376564
Zustand	Neuware