The smile of the human bomb
Subtitle: new perspectives on suicide terrorism
By: Gideon Aran ; translated by Jeffrey Green
Contributors: Green, Yaacov Jeffrey, translator
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781501724756
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Suicide bombings; Terrorists; Palestinian Arabs; Suicidal behavior; Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-; Victims of terrorism; Suicide bombers
Description: "Real time close-range anthropological study of Palestinian suicide terrorism in Israel during the Intifada, focusing on the arena of explosion where the disguised aggressor and the prospective victims meet, based on an unconventional research methods and hitherto classified primary sources, revising discussion of the strategic logic of suicide terrorism and offering original insights into its moral logic"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : Anna and ʻAbed; title: Glossary; title: Suicide terrorism revisited : introductory notes; title: Accidental monsters, unlikely heroes (A); title: Accidental monsters, unlikely heroes (B); title: Anatomy of suicide operation; title: Passing : overlooked aspect of suicide terrorism; title: Middle Eastern twist; title: Ritual coproduction : victimizer, victim and sacrifice; title: Research strategy : sources and methods; title: Concluding analytical notes; title: Afterword : two attacks on our moral order.