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Suicide Bombers: Allah´s New Martyrs
Farhad Khosrokhavar
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Description for Suicide Bombers: Allah´s New Martyrs
Paperback. What drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This remarkable book, already a bestseller in Europe, provides some answers. Translator(s): Macey, David. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
In the West, the suicide bomber has become a familiar image in newspapers and on television. In Palestine, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and elsewhere, the results of suicide bombing have been devastating. What drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This is not a question that is often addressed.
This remarkable book provides some of the answers, and explores how the suicide bomber relates to the concept of the martyr in fundamentalist Islam. Farhad Khosrokhavar contrasts it with the idea of the martyr in Christianity. Most importantly, he offers a clear insight into the ... Read more
In the West, the suicide bomber has become a familiar image in newspapers and on television. In Palestine, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and elsewhere, the results of suicide bombing have been devastating. What drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This is not a question that is often addressed.
This remarkable book provides some of the answers, and explores how the suicide bomber relates to the concept of the martyr in fundamentalist Islam. Farhad Khosrokhavar contrasts it with the idea of the martyr in Christianity. Most importantly, he offers a clear insight into the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745322834
SKU
V9780745322834
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Farhad Khosrokhavar
Farhad Khosrokhavar is Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is the author of The New Arab Revolutions that Shook the World (Paradigm, 2012) and Suicide Bombers (Pluto, 2005).
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