Kaplan Jeffrey
Kaplan Jeffrey - Apocalypse Revolution And Terrorism From The Sicari To The American Revolt Against The Modern World - Paperback
Kaplan Jeffrey - Apocalypse Revolution And Terrorism From The Sicari To The American Revolt Against The Modern World - Paperback
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Description: This book focuses on religiously driven oppositional violence through the ages. Beginning with the 1st - century Sicari it examines the commonalities that link apocalypticism revolution and terrorism occurring in Judaism Christianity and Islam past and present. It is divided into two sections This was Then and This is Now' which together examine the cultural and religious history of oppositional violence from the time of Jesus to the aftermath of the 2016 American election. The historical focus centers on how the movements leaders and revolutionaries from earlier times are interpreted today through the lenses of historical memory and popular culture. The radical right is the primary but not exclusive focus of the second part of the book. At the same time the work is intensely personal in that it incorporates the author's experiences in the worlds of communist Eastern Europe in the Iranian Revolution and in the uprisings and wars in the Middle East and East Africa. This book will be of much interest to students of religious and political violence religious studies history and security studies.
Title: Apocalypse Revolution And Terrorism From The Sicari To The American Revolt Against The Modern World
Author(s): Kaplan Jeffrey
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138483651
Pages: 206 Pages, 1 Line Drawings, Black And White; 1 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 9/25/2018
Series: Political Violence
Category: Terrorism, Armed Struggle
Description: This book focuses on religiously driven oppositional violence through the ages. Beginning with the 1st - century Sicari it examines the commonalities that link apocalypticism revolution and terrorism occurring in Judaism Christianity and Islam past and present. It is divided into two sections This was Then and This is Now' which together examine the cultural and religious history of oppositional violence from the time of Jesus to the aftermath of the 2016 American election. The historical focus centers on how the movements leaders and revolutionaries from earlier times are interpreted today through the lenses of historical memory and popular culture. The radical right is the primary but not exclusive focus of the second part of the book. At the same time the work is intensely personal in that it incorporates the author's experiences in the worlds of communist Eastern Europe in the Iranian Revolution and in the uprisings and wars in the Middle East and East Africa. This book will be of much interest to students of religious and political violence religious studies history and security studies.
Title: Apocalypse Revolution And Terrorism From The Sicari To The American Revolt Against The Modern World
Author(s): Kaplan Jeffrey
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138483651
Pages: 206 Pages, 1 Line Drawings, Black And White; 1 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 9/25/2018
Series: Political Violence
Category: Terrorism, Armed Struggle
