Myth Making And Religious Extremism And Their Roots In Crises
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Myth Making And Religious Extremism And Their Roots In Crises
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Author : Arthur G. Neal
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-10-12
Myth Making And Religious Extremism And Their Roots In Crises written by Arthur G. Neal and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-12 with Social Science categories.
According to sociologist C. Wright Mills, we do not live in a world of solid fact but in a world permeated by culture, constructed by humans through communication with each other. Myth-making shapes our lives, beliefs and behavior. Collective myths become plausible explanations for events past and future as each new generation constructs reality anew to make sense of the human condition. Providing a sociological and multicultural analysis, this book examines myth-making in the today's world amid religious extremism and terrorism. The authors discuss the imperative of myth in comprehending illness, sexuality, death and human relationships to the environment and other animals.
The Noah Myth In Twenty First Century Cli Fi Novels
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Author : Helen E. Mundler
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2022
The Noah Myth In Twenty First Century Cli Fi Novels written by Helen E. Mundler and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Literary Criticism categories.
Breaks new ground by both analyzing the literary qualities of four recent rewritings of the Noah myth and contextualizing their concern with climate change within the wider crises of the Anthropocene.With the rise of concern about global warming in recent years, climate-change fiction, or cli-fi, has become increasingly important both as a publishing phenomenon and as an area of academic study and research. Flood narratives have become a subsection of cli-fi in their own right. This book proposes new readings of four recent rewritings of the Noah myth, Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich, Margaret Atwood's Maddaddam trilogy, When the Floods Came by Clare Morrall, and The Flood by Maggie Gee.Helen E. Mundler's book takes into account the wealth of criticism that has appeared on these texts in recent years, acknowledging important contributions from critics including Adam Trexler, Adeline Johns-Putra, and Astrid Bracke. However, her book's strength is that it takes a new approach, going beyond the topicality of the texts and treating them not just as ideological statements but giving them their due as literary artifacts. While the importance of climate change is beyond debate, this book takes a more balanced approach that places it within a wider context of the multiple crises of the Anthropocene.y of the texts and treating them not just as ideological statements but giving them their due as literary artifacts. While the importance of climate change is beyond debate, this book takes a more balanced approach that places it within a wider context of the multiple crises of the Anthropocene.y of the texts and treating them not just as ideological statements but giving them their due as literary artifacts. While the importance of climate change is beyond debate, this book takes a more balanced approach that places it within a wider context of the multiple crises of the Anthropocene.y of the texts and treating them not just as ideological statements but giving them their due as literary artifacts. While the importance of climate change is beyond debate, this book takes a more balanced approach that places it within a wider context of the multiple crises of the Anthropocene.
A Dark California
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Author : Katarzyna Nowak-McNeice
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-02-14
A Dark California written by Katarzyna Nowak-McNeice and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
Focusing on portrayals of California in popular culture, this collection of new essays traces a central theme of darkness through literature (Toby Barlow, Angela Carter, Joan Didion, Thomas Pynchon, and Claire Vaye Watkins), video games (L.A. Noire), music (Death Grips, Lana Del Rey, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers), TV (True Detective and American Horror Story), and film (Starry Eyes, Southland Tales and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night). Providing insight into the significance of Californian icons, the contributors explore the interplay between positive stereotypes connected to the myth of the Golden State and ambivalent responses to the myth based on social and political power, the consequences of consumerism, transformations of the landscape and the dominance of hyperreality.
Root Causes Of Terrorism
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Author : Tore Bjørgo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-06-30
Root Causes Of Terrorism written by Tore Bjørgo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-30 with Political Science categories.
This team of international experts analyses the possibilities and limitations of preventing or reducing terrorism by addressing the factors that give rise to it and sustain it. The key questions raised include:* what are the main circumstances that provide preconditions for the emergence of various types of terrorism?* what are the typical precipit
Islamist Radicalisation
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Author : Tinka Veldhuis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Islamist Radicalisation written by Tinka Veldhuis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Muslims categories.
Fields Of Blood
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Author : Karen Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Release Date : 2014-10-28
Fields Of Blood written by Karen Armstrong and has been published by Knopf Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Religion categories.
From the renowned and bestselling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion's connection to violence. For the first time in American history, religious self-identification is on the decline. Some have cited a perception that began to grow after September 11: that faith in general is a source of aggression, intolerance and divisiveness--something bad for society. But how accurate is that view? And does it apply equally to all faiths? In these troubled times, we risk basing decisions of real and dangerous consequence on mistaken understandings of the faiths subscribed around us, in our immediate community as well as globally. And so, with her deep learning and sympathetic understanding, Karen Armstrong examines the impulse toward violence in each of the world's great religions. The comparative approach is new: while there have been plenty of books on jihad or the Crusades, this book lays the Christian and the Islamic way of war side by side, along with those of Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Daoism and Judaism. Each of these faiths arose in agrarian societies with plenty of motivation for violence: landowners had to lord it over peasants and warfare was essential to increase one's landholdings, the only real source of wealth before the great age of trade and commerce. In each context, it fell to the priestly class to legitimize the actions of the state. And so the martial ethos became bound up with the sacred. At the same time, however, their ideologies developed that ran counter to the warrior code: around sages, prophets and mystics. Within each tradition there grew up communities that represented a protest against the injustice and violence endemic to agrarian society. This book explores the symbiosis of these 2 impulses and its development as these confessional faiths came of age. The aggression of secularism has often damaged religion and pushed it into a violent mode. But modernity has also been spectacularly violent, and so Armstrong goes on to show how and in what measure religions, in their relative maturity, came to absorb modern belligerence--and what hope there might be for peace among believers in our time.
Myth And Reality In The Contemporary Islamist Movement
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Author : Fouad Zakariyya
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Books
Release Date : 2005-04-20
Myth And Reality In The Contemporary Islamist Movement written by Fouad Zakariyya and has been published by Pluto Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-20 with Social Science categories.
This classic book explores the intellectual, political and social foundations of Islamism, and current Islamist groups across the Arab and Muslim worlds. Written by Egyptian philosopher and leading Arab intellectual, Fouad Zakariyya, and now available for the first time in English, this thoughtful book has no rival as a critical introduction to the nature of contemporary Islamism. The book was written in the aftermath of the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, and at the height of global debates about the relevance of Islamism in contemporary Muslim societies - especially in the light of Iran's Islamic revolution in 1979. Zakariyya offers an important analysis of the multiple voices of current Islamism. He explores various recent attempts to construct an Islamic social and political order, presenting a sustained critique of modern ideological currents and theological worldviews. He delves into the sensitive question of Shari'ah, civil society and democracy in the Arab world. Ultimately, Zakariyya argues for a secular and democratic civil society that is unconstrained by past interpretations of the Shari'ah.
Rethinking Pakistan
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Author : Bilal Zahoor
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2020-09-23
Rethinking Pakistan written by Bilal Zahoor and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-23 with Political Science categories.
Rethinking Pakistan is a wide-ranging analytical dissection of the Pakistani polity and offers a well-meaning, progressive prescription for present-day Pakistan, stitched together by an eclectic list of experts spanning diverse backgrounds and subjects. From energy self-sufficiency and scientific development to freedom of the press and the essential question of the dominance of the military over civilian affairs, this compendium offers a suitable guide for anyone who seeks to understand the striking mix of contemporary and historic challenges faced by Pakistan in the twenty-first century. The book deals with Pakistan's contemporary realities and future prospects.
Religious Fundamentalism And Political Extremism
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Author : Leonard Weinberg
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2004
Religious Fundamentalism And Political Extremism written by Leonard Weinberg and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Political Science categories.
This book explores the relationships between fundamentalist religious belief, political extremism and outbreaks of religiously inspired violence. Is the post-Cold War world increasingly violent and is this violence the result of strident religious understandings of how societies should be organized?
Understanding Violence Against Women In Africa
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Author : Francis Onditi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-08-22
Understanding Violence Against Women In Africa written by Francis Onditi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-22 with Social Science categories.
This textbook provides students across Social Sciences, Humanities, Politics, and International Studies with an in-depth understanding of the issues, policies, and strategies for addressing the symptoms and root causes of violence against women (VAW) in sub-Saharan Africa. This text uses the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) on Women, Peace and Security in Eastern and Southern Africa as a framework to present the causes and impacts of VAW and to trace the journey of sub-Saharan African countries toward gender equality. It also provides an overview of the policy and legislative frameworks that underpin the progress, challenges, and achievements of addressing VAW based on four key pillars: prevention, protection, participation, and relief and recovery. Chapters provide a wealth of knowledge, as the book draws on academic literature; national, regional, and international legislations; and data collected from field research, and makes use of end-of-chapter discussion questions and quick study guides. Students will come away equipped with the tools, resources, and knowledge necessary to address and fix VAW in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.