Modernity and Terrorism

Milan Zafirovski, Ph.D. (1999), Florida International University, is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. He has published books and articles in sociology and economics, including The Destiny of Modern Societies (2009) and Liberal Modernity and its Adversaries (2007).Daniel G. Rodeheaver, Ph.D. (1990), University of Georgia, is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology at the University of North Texas. He has published books, articles and and monographs in sociology and criminology/criminal justice, including Militias in the New Millennium (2004).

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• Introduction 1. The Concept of Modern Terrorism Defining Modern TerrorismOfficial Definitions of TerrorismScholarly Definitions of TerrorismRedefining Terrorism2. Classification of Modern Terrorism Typologies of Modern TerrorismState and Counter-State TerrorismOther Types of Terrorism3. Anti-Modernity and Modern Terrorism What Causes and Justifies Terrorism in Western and non-Western Societies? A Sociological Framework for Analyzing Modern Terrorism Anti-modernity and Modern TerrorismDimensions of Anti-Modernity and Modern Terrorism 4. Anti-Liberalism and Modern Terrorism Antagonism toward Liberal-Democratic Modernity as the Factor of Modern TerrorismConservative Anti-liberalism and TerrorismFascism and Terrorism Religious Fundamentalism and Terrorism Opposition to Liberal Democracy and Terrorism Summary: Anti-Liberalism and Modern Terrorism5. Anti-Secularism and Modern Terrorism Antagonism toward Secular Modernity as the Factor of Modern TerrorismTheocratic Revolt and Terrorism From Theological Orthodoxy to Terrorism through Theocratic RevoltWorld Religions and Terrorism Revisited 6. Anti-Rationalism and Modern Terrorism Antagonism toward Rationalistic Modernity as the Factor of Modern TerrorismIrrationalism and TerrorismReligious Anti-Rationalism and Terrorism--Factors of “Holy” Terror 7. Anti-Globalism and Modern Terrorism Antagonism toward Global-Cosmopolitan Modernity as the Factor of Modern TerrorismAnti-Cosmopolitanism and Terrorism Global-Cosmopolitan Society and Its Enemies and Global TerrorSocietal Closure and TerrorismConclusions Modernism, Anti-Modernism, and Modern Terrorism Summary The Present/Future Vicious Circle of Anti-Liberalism and Terrorism and How to Break ItReferencesIndex