Origins of political extremism
| Titel: | Origins of political extremism : mass violence in the twentieth century and beyond / Manus I. Midlarsky |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011 |
| Umfang: | XII, 429 S. : graph. Darst. ; 23x15x2 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9780521700719 ; 052170071X ; 9780521877084 ; 0521877083 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Kurzbeschreibung Ausführliche Beschreibung Rezension Autorenbiografie |
X
- List of figures and tables
- p. ix
- Preface
- p. xi
- Introduction
- p. 1
- Part I
- Theory and Empirics
- p. 23
- 1
- The Ephemeral Gain: Intimations of the Politically Finite
- p. 25
- 2
- Mortality Salience: Intimations of the Corporeally Finite
- p. 55
- 3
- Cases
- p. 69
- Part II
- The Secular ôIsmsö
- p. 83
- 4
- Fascism
- p. 85
- 5
- Communism
- p. 115
- Part III
- An Ostensibly Sacred ôIsmö
- p. 141
- 6
- Radical Islamism: Foundations
- p. 143
- 7
- Contemporary Radical Islamist Movements
- p. 161
- 8
- Muslims in India
- p. 186
- Part IV
- Extreme Nationalism
- p. 197
- 9
- Sri Lankan Tamils
- p. 199
- 10
- Poland
- p. 208
- 11
- The Balkans
- p. 219
- 12
- The Rampaging Military
- p. 243
- 13
- Variations in Genocidal Behavior
- p. 271
- Part V
- Conclusion
- p. 305
- 14
- Pathways to Extremism
- p. 307
- 15
- Ethics and Morality: The Rejection of Traditional Moral Restraints
- p. 337
- 16
- War, Peace, and the Decline of Extremism
- p. 360
- References
- p. 377
- Index
- p. 407
