Theoterrorism v. Freedom of Speech

From Incident to Precedent
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-18952-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 389 g

The Rushdie Affair, the Danish Cartoon Affair, the assault on Charlie Hebdo, and the earlier Carrell Affair, are examples of religious fanatics' extreme reactions to religious satire and criticism. Perpetrators of these actions consider themselves as true believers. This book aims to understand their motives by means of the concept of theoterrorism: terrorism grounded in religious zealotry.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cliteur, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, Preface, 1. The Rudi Carrell Affair in Germany, 2. The Rudi Carrell Affair in the Netherlands, 3. The Coherence of Theoterrorism, 4. The Danish Cartoons, 5. The Rushdie Affair and Charles Taylor, 6. The Rushdie Affair and Michael Dummett, 7. Modern hostage taking, Solutions, References, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Cliteur is professor of jurisprudence at the University of Leiden. He has been visiting professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, and at Ghent University. He is the author of The Secular Outlook (2010) and coeditor of The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law (2016).