Terror, Terrorism and the Human Condition

by Charles P. Webel

Book Overview

In an attempt to explore the impact of terrorism at its most basic level--that of sowing fear and anxiety--this book investigates our now centuries-long attraction to, and dread of, terror and its progeny, including terrorism, or political terror, and mass murder. It is also a call to thought, and an appeal to reasoned action. Charles Webel argues that while a "war" on terrorism cannot succeed in eliminating terror from our human condition, this does...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230602258
• ISBN13: 9780230602250
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"