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Understanding Apocalyptic Terrorism - Countering the Radical Mindset (Paperback)
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Understanding Apocalyptic Terrorism - Countering the Radical Mindset (Paperback)
Series: Political Violence
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This book explores a cross-cultural worldview called 'radical
apocalypticism' that underlies the majority of terrorist movements
in the twenty-first century. Although not all apocalypticism is
violent, in its extreme forms radical apocalypticism gives rise to
terrorists as varied as members of Al Qaeda, Anders Behring
Breivik, or Timothy McVeigh. In its secular variations, it also
motivates ideological terrorists, such as the eco-terrorists Earth
Liberation Front or The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. This book
provides an original paradigm for distinguishing between peaceful
and violent or radical forms of apocalypticism and analyses the
history, major transformations, and characteristics of the
apocalyptic thought system. Using an inter-disciplinary and
cross-cultural approach, this book discusses the mechanisms of
radicalization and dynamics of perceived oppression and violence to
clarify anew the self-identities, motivations, and goals of a broad
swath of terrorists. As conventional counter-terrorism approaches
have so far failed to stem the cycle of terrorism, this approach
suggests a comprehensive "cultural" method to combating terrorism
that addresses the appeal of radical apocalyptic terrorist ideology
itself. This book will be of much interest to students of
apocalypticism, political violence, terrorism and
counter-terrorism, intelligence studies, religious studies, and
security studies.
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