Understanding terrorism
Subtitle: building on the sociological imagination
By: edited by Bernard Phillips ; contributors, J. I. (Hans) Bakker ... [et al.].
Contributors: Phillips, Bernard S.; Bakker, J. I., 1947-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594513732
Subjects: Terrorism -- Social aspects; Integration (Theory of knowledge); Whole and parts (Philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The web and part/whole approach to terrorism / Bernard Phillips; title: Terrorist organizations and agency : a comparative-historical approach / J. I. (Hans) Bakker; title: Terrorism as an "ism" : toward an interactive versus a stratified metaphysics / Bernard Phillips; title: Assessing the fallout of the terrorist moment : anomie and the fractured American Weltanschauung / Adam Rafalovich; title: Runaway nationalism : alienation, shame, and anger / Thomas J. Scheff; title: The social psychology of terrorism / Jonathan H. Turner; title: Making sense of the "senseless" : a constructionist application of the web and part/whole approach / Todd Powell-Williams; title: On the relationship of the web approach to some theoretical perspectives / Sandro Segré; title: Appendix : response to Segré's analysis / Bernard Phillips; title: Conclusions and recommendations / Bernard Phillips.