Description
Book SynopsisWhether to Kill takes a new approach to understanding terrorism. By taking first-person accounts of those involved in both violent and nonviolent action against the state, then analyzing that data via cognitive mapping, Stephanie Dornschneider has opened up new perspectives of what drives people to-or away from-the use of political violence.
Trade Review"Stephanie Dornschneider makes several innovative contributions to the field. By focusing on the perspective of terrorists-using personal interviews with those terrorists, something very few others have attempted-and a novel use of cognitive mapping, she analyzes the thought processes of terrorism. The book will appeal to those interested in Egypt, Germany, terrorism, social movements, political violence, and methodological innovation." * Marc Sageman, Foreign Policy Research Institute and author of
Understanding Terror Networks and
Leaderless Jihad *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1. A Cognitive Mapping Approach to Political Violence
Chapter 2. Interviewing Violent and Nonviolent Individuals
Chapter 3. A Short History of the Individuals' Groups
Chapter 4. Constructing Cognitive Maps About Political Violence
Chapter 5. A Computational Analysis of Violent and Nonviolent Activism
Chapter 6. Alternative Worlds Without Violence
Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
