Beschrijving
The first novel ever written about terrorism, Dostoevsky’sThe Demons is also the most instructive, for in it he addresses—better than any writer before or since—the two persistent riddles of terrorism: why are terrorists so new to our civilization, and how is it that they can kill others so easily in the name of a political idea? As a first-generation observer of terrorism, Dostoevsky came to the conclusion that this new political movement was the product ofmodern culture, politics, and psychology. He felt that modernity created a unique shame and humiliation that fueled terrorism. The \
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