הטרור הפונדמנטליסטי-הגות ומעשה Fundamentalist Terrorism

This course addresses a variety of historical, political, socio-cultural, and psychological issues related to fundamentalist terrorism--a unique 20th-21st-century phenomenon, essentially different from political murders in the past. Contemporary terrorism has detached itself from a particular ethno-national-cultural context; it also exceeds a political rejoinder, an extreme reaction to detrimental socioeconomic circumstances, adherence to a particular set of ideological objectives, or a manifestation of religious fanaticism. The course emphasizes modern terrorism as a global psychological warfare, a means of communication through intimidation, and a contemporary form of death-worship.