Terrorism for self-glorification : the herostratos syndrome / Albert Borowitz.
Terrorism for self-glorification : the herostratos syndrome / Albert Borowitz.
Terrorism for self-glorification : the herostratos syndrome / Albert Borowitz.
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Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2005.
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N303.625/ 92
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The birth of the Herostratos tradition -- 2. The globalization of Herostratos -- 3. The destroyers -- 4. The killers -- 5. Herostratos at the World Trade Center -- 6. The literature of Herostratos since the early nineteenth century -- App. Herostratos in art and film.
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Publisher
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2005.
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Ohio
Date Published
c2005.
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"The study of terrorism requires interdisciplinary inquiry. Proving that terrorism cannot be the exclusive focus of a single field of scholarship, Borowitz presents this complex subject using sources based in religion, philosophy, history, Greek mythology, and world literature, including works of Chaucer, Cervantes, Mark Twain, and Jean-Paul Sartre...
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Terrorism for self-glorification : the herostratos syndrome / Albert Borowitz.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-183) and index.
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N303.625/ 92
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74VKPXqRwXEb
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0873388186 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780873388184 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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303.625
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991019644659702626
