Scott Atran

Talking to the Enemy (eBook, ePUB)

Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Atran explores the way terrorists think of themselves and teaches us, at last, intelligent ways to think about terrorists." -Christopher Dickey,NewsweekMiddle East Editor and author ofSecuring the City Talking to the Enemy is an eye-opening and important book that offers a startling look deep inside terror groups. Based on the author's unprecedented access to and in-depth interviews with terrorists and jihadis-including Al Qaeda, Hamas, and Taliban extremists and members of other radical organizations-Talking to the Enemyprovides fresh insight and unexpected answers to why there are people in this world willing to kill and die for a cause. A riveting, compelling work in the tradition ofThe Looming TowerandTerror in the Name of God,Talking to the Enemyis required reading for anyone interested in making the world a safer, more secure place for everyone. "Scott Atran is one of the very few persons who understand religion and have figured out that religion is not about belief and cannot be naively replaced without severe side effects." -Nassim Nicholas Taleb, New York Times-bestselling author of The Black Swan "Historically keen and astutely humanistic... the author's deep penetration into anthropological explanations of evolution, teamwork, blood sport and war attempt to define what it means to be human." - Kirkus Reviews Includes photographs

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins e-books
• Seitenzahl: 581
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062020741
• Artikelnr.: 38004693

Autorenporträt

Scott Atran is a director of research in anthropology at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, France. He is also a research associate and visiting professor in psychology and public policy at the University of Michigan, a Presidential Scholar in Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and cofounder of ARTIS Research and Risk Modeling.