What Motivated the Terrorist Attacks of September 11th, 2001?

Charlotte Heath-Kelly

ISBN 10: 3838306635 / ISBN 13: 9783838306636

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jan 2010, 2010

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Neuware -The aim of this book ¿ submitted as part of my Master''s degree in Political Theory - is to examine the motivation behind the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, commencing with examinations of the positions taken in several prominent political theories concerning this issue. The theorists examined are Chalmers Johnson, Benjamin Barber, Mark Jurgensmeyer and Gilles Kepel. I shall also present a tripartite framework for Islamic fundamentalism, to model ideational developments within this sphere and to simplify the task of understanding the motivations of Islamist groups. I shall contend that Islamic fundamentalism actually consists of three distinct variants; bodies whose actions demonstrate distinct nationalised, regionalised and ¿globalised'' ambitions. The paradigm of ¿globalised fundamentalism'', to which I contend that Al Qaeda belong, developed along with ¿regionalised fundamentalism'' from the archetypal existence of ¿nationalised fundamentalism''. I bring this understanding to bear on the deficits of the theories examined.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Motivated the Terrorist Attacks of September 11th, 2001?
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jan 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838306635
• ISBN 13: 9783838306636
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 5D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 131 grams

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The aim of this book ? submitted as part of my Master?s degree in Political Theory - is to examine the motivation behind the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, commencing with examinations of the positions taken in several prominent political theories concerning this issue. The theorists examined are Chalmers Johnson, Benjamin Barber, Mark Jurgensmeyer and Gilles Kepel. I shall also present a tripartite framework for Islamic fundamentalism, to model ideational developments within this sphere and to simplify the task of understanding the motivations of Islamist groups. I shall contend that Islamic fundamentalism actually consists of three distinct variants; bodies whose actions demonstrate distinct nationalised, regionalised and ?globalised? ambitions. The paradigm of ?globalised fundamentalism?, to which I contend that Al Qaeda belong, developed along with ?regionalised fundamentalism? from the archetypal existence of ?nationalised fundamentalism?. I bring this understanding to bear on the deficits of the theories examined.