The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy

by Richard Drake

Book Overview

What drives terrorists to glorify violence? In The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy, Richard Drake seeks to explain the origins of Italian terrorism and the role that intellectuals played in valorizing the use of violence for political or social ends.

Drake argues that a combination of socioeconomic factors and the influence of intellectual elites led to a sanctioning of violence by revolutionary political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253057132
• ISBN13: 9780253057136
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"