Talking to the Enemy

Name: Talking to the Enemy : Violent Extremism, Sacred Values, and What it Means to Be Human
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Violent Extremism, Sacred Values, and What it Means to Be Human

Scott Atran

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«This deeply researched, wide ranging, and very timely study provides a compelling and often surprising account of what lies behind the jihadi phenomenon . . . . It should be read carefully, and pondered.»
Noam Chomsky

The author has spent years talking to terrorists - from Gaza and Afghanistan, to Indonesia and Europe. In this book, he delivers a fascinating journey into the mindsets of radicalised people in the twenty-first century, and offers deep insights into the history of all religions. Les mer

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Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 576
ISBN: 9780241951767
Utgivelsesår: 2011
Format: 20 x 13 cm

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«This deeply researched, wide ranging, and very timely study provides a compelling and often surprising account of what lies behind the jihadi phenomenon . . . . It should be read carefully, and pondered.»
Noam Chomsky

«Talking to the Enemy is an important book, by turns fascinating, dense, scientific, debatable, illuminating.»
David Aaronovitch, The Times

«Scott Atran is one of the very few persons who understand religion and have figured out that religion is not about belief and cannot be naively replaced without severe side effects.»
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan