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For Love of the Father

By Ruth Stein

For Love of the Father Social Sciences

For Love of the Father

By Ruth Stein

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Ruth Stein's pioneering study explains suicidal terrorism from a psychoanalytic perspective. She argues that most Islamic extremists undertake destructive and self-destructive actions not out of blind hatred, nor even for political gain, but to achieve an explosive merger with a transcendent awesome Father, God. The extremist is thus motivated more by his love for God than his hatred of the infidel. The contemporary Islamic terrorist kills "God's enemies" to express his intoxication with and complete submission to the God-idea. Stein further shows that this same leitmotif of filial submission and sacrifice runs through patriarchal monotheism in general.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2009-10-28
Publication Date:
2009-10-28
Publisher:
Stanford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0804763054
ISBN13:
9780804763059
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
380 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
227 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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