The Solution of the Fist: Dostoevsky and the Roots of Modern Terrorism

by John P. Moran and John P. Moran Professor

The first novel ever written about terrorism, Dostoevsky'sThe Demons is also the most instructive, for in it he addresses-better than any writer before or since-the two persistent riddles of terrorism: why are terrorists so new to our civilization, and how is it that they can kill others so easily in the name of a political idea? As a first-generation observer of terrorism, Dostoevsky came to the conclusion that this new political movement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739129856
• ISBN13: 9780739129852
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"