Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Does Religion Cause Terrorism?
- 2 Religion, Violence, Nonsense, and Power
- 3 Discounting Religion in the Explanation of Homegrown Terrorism
- 4 Religion, Radicalization and the Causes of Terrorism
- 5 The Role of the Devoted Actor in War, Revolution, and Terrorism
- 6 Girard on Apocalypse and Terrorism
- 7 Rational Choice and Religious Terrorism
- 8 Terror as Sacrificial Ritual?
- 9 Imitations of Terror
- 10 The LTTE
- 11 The Role of Religion in al-Qaeda’s Violence
- 12 Meanings of Savagery
- 13 Where’s Charlie?
- 14 Understanding the Threat of the Islamic State in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan
- 15 Terror and the Screen
- 16 Understanding Falun Gong’s Martyrdom Strategy as Spiritual Terrorism
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
8 - Terror as Sacrificial Ritual?
A Discussion of (Neo-)Durkheimian Approaches to Suicide Bombing
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Does Religion Cause Terrorism?
- 2 Religion, Violence, Nonsense, and Power
- 3 Discounting Religion in the Explanation of Homegrown Terrorism
- 4 Religion, Radicalization and the Causes of Terrorism
- 5 The Role of the Devoted Actor in War, Revolution, and Terrorism
- 6 Girard on Apocalypse and Terrorism
- 7 Rational Choice and Religious Terrorism
- 8 Terror as Sacrificial Ritual?
- 9 Imitations of Terror
- 10 The LTTE
- 11 The Role of Religion in al-Qaeda’s Violence
- 12 Meanings of Savagery
- 13 Where’s Charlie?
- 14 Understanding the Threat of the Islamic State in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan
- 15 Terror and the Screen
- 16 Understanding Falun Gong’s Martyrdom Strategy as Spiritual Terrorism
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
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- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism , pp. 116 - 131Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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Suggested Readings
Halbwachs, Maurice, The Causes of Suicide. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978 (fr. 1930).Google Scholar
Hubert, Henri, and Mauss, Marcel Sacrifice: Its Nature and Functions. University of Chicago Press, 1964 (fr. 1899).Google Scholar
Mauss, Marcel, The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies. London: Routledge, 1990 (fr. 1920).Google Scholar
Pape, Robert, Dying to Win. The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism. New York: Random House, 2005.Google Scholar
Pedahzur, Ami; Perliger, Arie, and Weinberg, Leonard, “Altruism and Fatalism: The Characteristics of Palestinian Suicide Terrorists,” Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal 24, 2003, 405–423.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Strenski, Ivan, “Sacrifice, Gift and the Social Logic of Muslim ‘Human Bombers,’” Terrorism and Political Violence 15.3, 2003, 1–34.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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