Radicalization
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Radicalization
By (Author) Farhad Khosrokhavar
Translated by Jane Marie Todd
The New Press
The New Press
3rd April 2017
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Terrorism, armed struggle
Penology and punishment
Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict
320.557
Physical Properties
Hardback
192
Width 145mm, Height 216mm
Description
In the wake of the Paris, Beirut, and San Bernardino terrorist attacks, fears over 'homegrown terrorism' have surfaced to a degree not seen since September 11, 2001. A sought-after commentator in France and a widely respected international scholar of radical Islam, Farhad Khosrokhavar has spent years studying the path towards radicalization, focusing particularly on the key role of prisons - based on interviews with dozens of Islamic radicals - as incubators of a particular brand of outrage that has yielded so many attacks over the past decade.
Reviews
Praise for Radicalization :
"A timely, systematic breakdown of the reasons for radicalization."
Kirkus Reviews
A book that distinguishes itself from the most prominent studies conducted on this topic to date.
Terrorism and Political Violence Journal
Praise for Khosrokhavars Suicide Bombers :
"A fascinating study of the cult of martyrdom among the rootless young men of the modern Muslim diaspora in Western Europeprescient."
The New York Review of Books
Author Bio
Farhad Khosrokhavar is the director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He is an expert on contemporary Iran and Islam in France and he lives in Paris. Jane Marie Todd is an award-winning translator of more than seventy books. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
