Apocalyptic Faith and Political Violence

J. Rinehart

Palgrave Macmillan

1960

226 páginas

7h 32m

ISBN-13: 9781403974617

This study examines the functional relationship between millenarian-inspired terrorism and the process of political change. Through an exhaustive investigation of late Twentieth-century movements, Aum Shinrikyo, Sendero Luminoso and Hezbollah, it concludes that in each case, apocalyptic expectations performed a significant group mobilization, leadership and therapeutic function.