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Author:

Glucklich, Ariel.

Title:

Dying for heaven : holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous / Ariel Glucklich.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperOne,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

345 p. : music ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Terrorism--Islam.--Islam.
Suicide bombers--Religious life.
Terrorists--Religious life.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Hedonism--Religious aspects.
Heaven.
Paradise.
Future life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-328) and index.

Contents:

Religious self-destructiveness and nuclear deterrence -- The mysteries of pleasure -- The varieties of religious pleasure -- The school for happiness -- Disgust and desire: why we sacrifice for the group -- God's love and the Prozac effect -- Spiritual love and the seeds of annihilation -- The paradise paradox: the misery of heaven-addicts -- The martyr's theater.

Summary:

A scholar and advisor to the Pentagon explains the religious motivations of terrorists, and tells why suicide missions may be rational and pleasurable for them.

ISBN:

0061430811
9780061430817

OCLC:

(OCoLC)302099939

LCCN:

2009005174

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