The demon lover the roots of terrorism /
This book on the psychological and political roots of terrorism is updated with the author's new introduction covering the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US. In a new afterword, "Letters from Ground Zero," she offers her eyewitness account of the physical and emotional de...
| Main Author: | Morgan, Robin, 1941- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Washington Square Press,
[2001]
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| Physical Description: |
xlii, 417 pages ; 21 cm. |
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| Summary: |
This book on the psychological and political roots of terrorism is updated with the author's new introduction covering the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US. In a new afterword, "Letters from Ground Zero," she offers her eyewitness account of the physical and emotional devastation caused by the assault on New York's World Trade Center and the global struggle in its aftermath. First published in 1989, this book is now more timely than ever: a personal journey as well as a landmark work of investigative journalism. Traveling to the Middle East refugee camps, she gathered the first interviews with Palestinian women about their lives as women, and re-encountered the core connection between patriarchal societies and the inevitability of terrorism. The final chapter sets forth a compelling vision of hope for the future. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-373) and index. Acknowledgements -- Isolated incidents : introduction to the 2001 edition -- Introduction to the 1989 edition -- Chap. 1. Everyman's politics : the democratization of violence -- Chap. 2. The deadly hero : the oldest profession -- Chap. 3. The love-death : religion, philosophy, and aesthetics -- Chap. 4. Official terrorism : the state of man -- Chap. 5. Wargasm : the revolutionary high -- Chap. 6. Token terrorist : the demon lover's woman -- Chap. 7. Longing for catastrophe : a personal journey -- Chap. 8. What do men know about life? : the Middle East -- Chap. 9. The normalization of terror : a note passed between hostages -- Chap. 10. Beyond terror : the politics of Eros -- Notes -- Additional sources consulted -- Index -- Afterword. This book on the psychological and political roots of terrorism is updated with the author's new introduction covering the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US. In a new afterword, "Letters from Ground Zero," she offers her eyewitness account of the physical and emotional devastation caused by the assault on New York's World Trade Center and the global struggle in its aftermath. First published in 1989, this book is now more timely than ever: a personal journey as well as a landmark work of investigative journalism. Traveling to the Middle East refugee camps, she gathered the first interviews with Palestinian women about their lives as women, and re-encountered the core connection between patriarchal societies and the inevitability of terrorism. The final chapter sets forth a compelling vision of hope for the future. |
| Physical Description: |
xlii, 417 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-373) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0743452933 9780743452939 |