Editor(s): Francesco Alicino
Preface: Roberto Mazzola
Synopsis: It has imposed itself in the daily struggles of human experience, in the agenda of the global media circus, and in the communication strategies of powerful machines of popular consensus. It has become the background noise, whose intermittence and intensity are tragically marked by the attacks that, since September 11, 2001, have struck various areas of the planet. This is clear evidence that, nearly twenty years after its violent emergence on the Western and European stage, it has shed the guise of an acute emergency—with its short-term horizons—to take on the paradoxical appearance of a stable and almost permanent crisis. These premises have conceived, generated, and driven the research project on religiously inspired terrorism. The results are now compiled in this volume, which aims to understand—in the etymological and primary sense of the term—today’s form of subversion with a theistic vocation, in all its multiple and multifaceted dimensions. This is an essential prerequisite for evaluating the effects, effectiveness, and shortcomings of legislative measures, investigative strategies, and judicial approaches aimed at countering and preventing its destructive force. The book explores these aspects through the lens of secular reason and the constitutional rule of law.
Publisher: Apes
Year: 2020
