The Magic of ‘Radicalization’?
[Appeared in neweurope.eu ] After the Paris attacks came the questions: Is this violence caused by Islam or unrelated to religion? Are the perpetrators believers or madmen? Do they represent…
Read moreBrig SK Malik’s theory of war and terrorism
What Brig SK Malik says supports my thesis about terrorism, instead of making it redundant, as one suggests. Here is how. In war, killing the enemy is considered a moral and…
Read moreReligious intolerance and terrorism
“What is the relationship between religious intolerance and the acts committed in Mumbai?” This is an empirical question at many levels. If some or another religion is used to defend…
Read moreIdeology of Crime
1. The first thing to notice is that I use the word “ideology” in a technical sense, which is both counter-intuitive and, for the time being, idiosyncratic. It is the…
Read moreThe Saint, The Criminal and The Terrorist—S.N.Balagangadhara
Increasingly, the phenomenon of terrorism has begun to occupy the media, politics, and the lives of people in different parts of the world. The more the attention, however, the less…
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