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Film, Video Why Terrorist Ideologies are So Powerful

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Title

  • Why Terrorist Ideologies are So Powerful

Summary

  • Sociologist Neil J. Smelser presented a lecture titled "Why Are Terrorist Ideologies So Powerful." Smelser occupies the chair of the Countries and Cultures of the North in the Library's John W. Kluge Center, which sponsored the lecture. In his talk, Smelser goes beyond contemporary radical Islamic-inspired ideologies to cover extremist ideologies in general, some of which combine to generate terrorist activities. He discusses several subtopics on how ideologies can be a unique mix of meaningful cultural change and a way of assigning responsibility and blame. He talks about themes of ambivalence in ideologies, the rationalization of ideologies and the confrontation of terrorist and counter-terrorist ideologies.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-11-29.

Headings

  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Religion
  • -  War, Military

Notes

  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion.
  • -  Neil Smelser.
  • -  Recorded on 2006-11-29.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687798

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Why Terrorist Ideologies are So Powerful. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-29, 2006. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687798/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2006) Why Terrorist Ideologies are So Powerful. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-29. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687798/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Why Terrorist Ideologies are So Powerful. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-29, 2006. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687798/>.