num_pages: 160
description: In this investigation of the idea of terror, a cultural critic offers a metaphysics of terror with a serious historical perspective that draws upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to present day.
language: English
title: Holy Terror
titlecomplete: Holy Terror
genres: Politics, Religion, Philosophy, Theology, Cultural, Psychology, Theory, Nonfiction, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 148
publisher: Oxford University Press, USA