On Suicide Bombing

by Talal Asad

Book Overview

Like many people in America and around the world, Talal Asad experienced the events of September 11, 2001, largely through the media and the emotional response of others. For many non-Muslims, "the suicide bomber" quickly became the icon of "an Islamic culture of death"--a conceptual leap that struck Asad as problematic. Is there a "religiously-motivated terrorism?" If so, how does it differ from other cruelties? What makes its motivation "religious"?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231141521
• ISBN13: 9780231141529
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher