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OverviewHow does one effectively fight suicide bombers? What threat do they hold for Western society? How do people who love peace reconcile the need for war? Noted genocide expert Israel W. Charny addresses these questions in this highly personal description of suicide bombings and terror as the opening salvos of a Third World War. Charny first seeks to understand what makes suicide bombers tick, as well as the culture from which they emerge. Taking this understanding of what he calls human evil, he then proposes a hawkish campaign that ultimately emphasizes peace rather than irrational fear. By deeming suicide bombing and terrorism as necessary subjects in the study of psychology, Charny presents yet another weapon in the war against terrorism-a war that he believes will only escalate without drastic action. Ultimately, he calls for a worldwide campaign for life led by religious and secular leaders across the globe. He concludes the book with a vignette from Islamic culture that speaks nobly to furthering peace and life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Israel W. CharnyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9780275993368ISBN 10: 0275993361 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 30 November 2006 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Selected worldwide case incidents ix Preface: This may be a politically incorrect books, but it is unshakable in supporting life for all people xiii Acknowledgments xxvii 1. How can they do it? 1 2. Suicide bombing and its growing place in the world today 11 3. Contradictory image meanings of suicide bombings 26 4. Are suicide bombers a proper subject of psychology? 55 5. The ultimate existential meaning of suicide bombings: The killing of human life 79 6. Facing the dangerous future of civilization honestly 100 7. Is it right to fear and condemn all Muslims? (Of course not!) 127 8. Promoting a new worldwide constituency for human life and making suicide bombing unattractive and unacceptable 148 9. A Proposal for a ""Worldwide Campaign for Life"" by the leaders of many religions and other world leaders and heroes 166 Afterword: Inshallah 190 Representative Suicide Bombings around the World and a Conclusion: Suicide Bombing Is a Redefinition of the Legitimacy of Virtually All Killing 193 Notes 215 Bibliography 257 Index 269"Reviews<p> Suicide bombing, argues Charny, is a product of an Islamic fundamentalist Culture of Death that is at war with a Judeo-Christian Culture of Life. Proceeding from this basic premise, he explores the psychology of suicide bombing and tends to what he thinks are its implications. Thus suicide bombers become a pathological aspect of Islam that needs to be confronted with a spiritual battle over values (which includes limiting the speech of those Muslims thought to be promoting the Culture of Death), as well as police-military force. - <p>Reference & Research Book News Suicide bombing, argues Charny, is a product of an Islamic fundamentalist Culture of Death that is at war with a Judeo-Christian Culture of Life. Proceeding from this basic premise, he explores the psychology of suicide bombing and tends to what he thinks are its implications. Thus suicide bombers become a pathological aspect of Islam that needs to be confronted with a spiritual battle over values (which includes limiting the speech of those Muslims thought to be promoting the Culture of Death), as well as police-military force. * Reference & Research Book News * Suicide bombing, argues Charny, is a product of an Islamic fundamentalist Culture of Death that is at war with a Judeo-Christian Culture of Life. Proceeding from this basic premise, he explores the psychology of suicide bombing and tends to what he thinks are its implications. Thus suicide bombers become a pathological aspect of Islam that needs to be confronted with a spiritual battle over values (which includes limiting the speech of those Muslims thought to be promoting the Culture of Death ), as well as police-military force. -Reference & Research Book News Author InformationI. W. Charny is a renowned psychologist, and the editor of the Encyclopedia of Genocide, (ABC-Clio). He is the executive director of the Institute of the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem, and Professor of Psychology and Family Therapy at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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