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What makes a martyr?
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Wed, 30 Apr 2003 08:48:04 GMT
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Given the dark news from Tel Aviv overnight, I thought this may be of interest
to some:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/faculty/harrison/comment/logic.pdf

It's a study of the "logic" of suicide terrorism. The text is reviewed here:


What makes a martyr?
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,945056,00.html
==+==
"As an economist, I try to understand the world in terms of people following
their self-interest," he adds, before going on to point out that we all have an
interest, when growing up, in establishing an identity. So is he saying that
suicide bombing stems from an identity crisis?
==+==

Scott A



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