New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism

Barry Cooper

New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Country
United States
Published
1 August 2005
Pages
264
ISBN
9780826216212

New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism

Barry Cooper

In
New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism , Barry Cooper applies the insights of Eric Voegelin to the phenomenon of modern terrorism. Cooper points out that the chief omission from most contemporary studies of terrorism is an analysis of the
spiritual motivation
that is central to the actions of terrorists today. When spiritual elements are discussed in conventional literature, they are grouped under the opaque term religion. A more conceptually adequate approach is provided by Voegelin’s political science and, in particular, by his Schellingian term pneumopathology - a disease of the spirit. Cooper concludes with a chapter on the uniqueness of terrorist networks, their limitations, and the means by which they can be dealt with. In the ongoing conversations among specialists in terrorist studies, as well as the ordinary discourse of citizens in western democracies wishing to understand the world around them, this book adds a distinctive voice.

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