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Sacred Violence: Political Religion in a Secular Age (Rethinking Political Violence)
Sacred Violence Political Religion in a Secular Age - Rethinking Political Violence
Author: David Martin Jones, M.L.R Smith
Sacred Violence examines the place that ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to achieve a condition of worldly perfection. In particular, the book focuses upon Islamism as a post modern political religion that considers violence both necessary and purificatory. It also examines the western democratic states' response to ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781137328076
ISBN-10: 113732807X
Publication Date: 8/27/2014
Pages: 280
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Hardcover
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