Liquid terrorism: Altruistic fundamentalism in the context of liquid modernity

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 678-694

  Best, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

altruism; bauman; durkheim; liquid modernity; martyr; suicide bomber

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955367554     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510369355     Document Type: Article

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