Scott Atran appears in the following:
Understanding The Origins of Terrorism
Monday, January 26, 2015
What draws people to terrorism? One anthropologist, Scott Atran, went into the field to try to find out.
Talking to the Enemy
Friday, November 05, 2010
Social scientist Scott Atran traces terrorism's root causes in human evolution and history. In Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists he touches on the nature of faith, the origins of society, the limits of reason, and the power of moral values. He interviews and investigates Al Qaeda associates and acolytes, and other non-Qaeda groups, such as Hamas and the Taliban, and the communities they live in: from the jungles of Southeast Asia to New York, London, and Madrid.
