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Origins of Political Extremism : Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century and Beyond.
Examines the origins of mass killing by analyzing and comparing multiple forms of political extremism.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Figures; Tables; Preface; Introduction; History and theory; The study of political extremism; Underpinnings; The contraction of authority space; Territorial loss; The emotions; Scope of the inquiry; Ephemeral gains and organization of the book; PART I: Theory and Empirics; 1 The Ephemeral Gain: Intimations of the Politically Finite; 2 Mortality Salience: Intimations of the Corporeally Finite; 3 Cases; PART II: The Secular "Isms"; 4 Fascism; 5 Communism; PART III: An Ostensibly Sacred "Ism."
- 6 Radical Islamism: Foundations7 Contemporary Radical Islamist Movements; 8 Muslims in India; PART IV: Extreme Nationalism; 9 Sri Lankan Tamils; 10 Poland; 11 The Balkans; 12 The Rampaging Military; 13 Variations in Genocidal Behavior; PART V: Conclusion; 14 Pathways to Extremism; 15 Ethics and Morality: The Rejection of Traditional Moral Restraints; 16 War, Peace, and the Decline of Extremism; References; Index.