New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism
ISBN-13:
9780826215314
ISBN-10:
0826215319
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Barry Cooper
Publication date:
2004
Publisher:
University of Missouri
Format:
Hardcover
264 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780826215314
ISBN-10:
0826215319
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Barry Cooper
Publication date:
2004
Publisher:
University of Missouri
Format:
Hardcover
264 pages
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New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism (ISBN-13: 9780826215314 and ISBN-10: 0826215319), written by authors
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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 applies the Voegelinian terms first reality (a commonsense goal regarding legitimate political grievances) and second reality (a fantastic objective sought by those whose rationality has been obscured) to show the major divide between political and apocalyptic terrorist groups. Osama Bin Laden's "second reality" was the imaginary goal that the 9/11 attack was supposed to achieve, and the commonsense reality was what truly happened (the deaths of nearly 3,000 people and the United States's subsequent military response). Cooper shows how such spiritual perversity enables a human being, imagining himself empowered by God, to go on a campaign of mass destruction.
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 will add a distinctive voice.
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