This study examines the functional relationship between millenarian-inspired terrorism and the process of political change. Through an exhaustive investigation of late twentieth-century movements, it concludes that apocalyptic expectations performed a significant group mobilization, leadership and therapeutic function. JAMES F. RINEHART Associate Professor of Political Science at Troy University, USA. INDICE: Terrorism and Prophecy The Rise of Millenarian Terror The Mediating Role of the Prophet Alienation and the Quest for Renewal Identity and Apocalyptic Violence
- ISBN: 978-0-230-10873-8
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 246
- Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido
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