| Dr JP Larsson |
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| "If we wish for peace, it is necessary to understand war" - Basil Henry Liddell-Hart |
| My book is published by Ashgate - To buy it from the publisher (15% online discount) click here or see it on Amazon.co.uk (or your local Amazon) |
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| Understanding Religious Violence Thinking Outside the Box on Terrorism ISBN 0 7546 3908; December 2003/January 2004; 184 pages. Includes Index and Bibliographical information |
| "In arguing that we must first understand religious violence 'from the inside' if we want to transform it, this book offers readers challenging insights into why religious conflict is proving so intractable for conventional conflict management. ... Larsson's suggested remedies are creative and thought provoking. His book will be of interest to all those who are concerned about this important contemporary topic" Professor Oliver Ramsbotham, Univeristy of Bradford, UK |
| "There is a longstanding fear of that which is not understood. Since September 11, 2001 the fear surrounding the violent elements of religion has led to heightened tensions. Research is thus essential to counteract the effects of 'religious xenophobia'. In this compelling book JP Larsson investigates religious violence, terrorism and armed conflict in order to deliver the understanding required for a more peaceful world and to allow for a framework of conflict transformation. This multi-disciplionary text will greatly interest those in fields of international relations, theology and sociology" Ashgate, the Publishers |
| "...utilizing his own background in the Western philosophical tradition, JP Larsson shows religious violence is part of the language of cultural understanding, and he rightly points to the concept of sacred war as seminal to the social use of violent religious images and ideas ... Turning to Gandhi, among other nonviolent religious leaders, he shows how religion can provide a moral dimension in political encounters that leads in a positive direction as well as in a destructive one..." Professor Mark Juergensmeyer (Author of Terror in the Mind of God and other works), University of California Santa Barbara, USA |
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| For academic backgrounds, areas of research, selected publications and contact details, click here for an interim page.. |
| RELIGIOUS TERRORISM - RITUALISTIC VIOLENCE - RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE - ORGANISED CRIME |
| Information in Arabic about Understanding Religious Violence is available here |
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| I contributed a chapter entitled The Role of Religious Ideology in Modern Terrorist Recruitment in a 3-volume project entitled The Making of a Terrorist (Praeger, 2005) edited by James JF Forest at the US Military Academy, West Point. |
| Recently the last three volumes in this ambitious triology was published (May 2007), in which I wrote a chapter entitled 'Organized Criminal Networks and Terrorism' in Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century. This is also edited by James JF Forest at the US Military Academy, West Point. |
| I specialise on religious violence, terrorism and associated armed conflict. Email me for further info. |
| See www.teachingterror.com for more information on both these projects |