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Terrorism for Do it yourself Glorification: Herostratos Symptoms examines the motives of terrorists, from historic Greece for this day. On this timely study of the origins of terrorism, author Albert Borowitz deftly assesses the occurrence of violent criminal offenses motivated by way of a craving for notoriety or self-glorification. He traces this specific make of terrorism back to 356 BCE and the destruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus by arsonist Herostratos and then examines similar crimes through history for this time, describing many types of what the author message or calls the "Herostratos Symptoms," like the attempted explosion of the Greenwich Observatory in 1894, the Taliban's destruction of the big Buddhas in Afghanistan, the assassination of John Lennon, the Unabomber strikes, and the episodes on the entire world Trade Center buildings. The study of terrorism requires interdisciplinary inquiry. Proving that terrorism can't be the exclusive target of an individual field of scholarship or grant, Borowitz reveals this complex subject matter using sources located in religion, philosophy, background, Greek mythology, and world literature, including works of Chaucer, Cervantes, Make Twain, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Terrorism for Self-Glorification, written in clear and immediate prose, is original, detailed, and thought provoking. Scholars, specialists, and general readers will see their understanding of terrorism greatly improved by this e book.
