[lit-ideas] Re: Who actually did invent the suicide bomber?
- From: Eric <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:23:52 -0500
Some views on suicide bombing:
Here's a paper arguing that suicide bombing is
not related to religion or to kinship systems but
directly related to the amount of political
freedom available in the bomber's culture. This
perhaps suggests that in the long run
democratization (or at least liberalization)is the
best way to avoid suicide bombing.
Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of
Terrorism
Alberto Abadie (Harvard University and NBER
October 2004)
http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~aabadie/povterr.pdf
AND HERE (a sociobiological view)
A Kin-selected Explanation of Suicide Bombing
Soldiers of God: Primal Emotions and Religious
Terrorists
By Jay D. Glass, Ph.D.
Donnington Press, Corona del Mar, California, 2003.
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/05/wilmsen.html
AND HERE (a cult-based explanation)
Religious extremism: the good, the bad, and the deadly
Laurence R. Iannaccone
Abstract: This paper challenges conventional views
of violent religious extremism,
particularly those that emphasize militant
theology. We offer an alternative analysis that
helps explain the persistent demand for religion,
the different types of religious that
naturally arise, and the special attributes of the
“sectarian” type. Sects are adept at
producing club goods – both spiritual and
material. Where governments and economies
function poorly, sects often become major
suppliers of social services, political action,
and coercive force. Their success as providers is
much more due to the advantages of
their organizational structure than it is to their
theology. Religious militancy is most
effectively controlled through a combination of
policies that raise the direct costs of
violence, foster religious competition, improve
social services, and encourage private
enterprise.
http://dss.ucsd.edu/~elib/rex.pdf
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