Extremist groups : opposing viewpoints / Karen F. Balkin, book editor.
Presents divergent views on extremist groups, including whether they benefit society, whether they promote hate and violence, whether militia groups threaten government, and more.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780737722338
- ISBN: 0737722339
- ISBN: 9780737735956
- ISBN: 0737735953
- ISBN: 9780737722321
- ISBN: 0737722320
- ISBN: 9780737735949
- ISBN: 0737735945
- Physical Description: 202 pages : illustrations, map, charts ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Detroit : Thomson/Gale, 2005.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | ch. 1. Are some religious groups harmful? -- 1. Religion is easily exploited by extremist groups / Matthew C. Ogilvie -- 2. Religion can counter violent extremism / David Ostendorf -- 3. Islamic fundamentalists in the United States pose a serious threat / David Horowitz -- 4. Most followers of Islam in the United States reject terrorism / Shibley Telhami -- 5. The religious right has a harmful agenda / Frederick Clarkson -- 6. The religious right has a beneficial agenda / Norman Podhoretz -- 7. The Jewish Defense League is justified / Jewish Defense League -- 8. The Jewish Defense League promotes hate and violence / Angela Valkyrie -- ch. 2. Do some liberal groups benefit society? -- 1. Radical animal rights groups harm society / Frederick K. Goodwin, Adrian R. Morrison -- 2. Radical animal activism is justified / Noel Molland -- 3. Socialists encourage violent extremism / Brian Paterson -- 4. Socialism would benefit society / John Fisher -- 5. Radical environmentalists are terrorists / Brad Knickerbocker -- 6. Ecoterrorism is justified / Emily Kumpel -- ch. 3. Do white supremacist groups promote hate and violence? -- 1. White supremacist groups promote hate and violence / Carl Rowan -- 2. The danger from white supremacist groups is exaggerated / Adrian H. Krieg -- 3. Racial hatred is necessary to save the white race / Matthew Hale -- 4. Racial hatred is immoral / Doug Anstaett -- ch. 4. What extremist groups pose a threat worldwide? -- 1. Al Qaeda is a worldwide terrorist threat / Daniel Pipes, Steven Emerson -- 2. The threat of al Qaeda is exaggerated / John L. Scherer -- 3. The Palestine Liberation Organization promotes violence and terrorism / Paul Eidelberg -- 4. The Palestine Liberation Organization condemns violence and terrorism / Yasir Arafat -- 5. Basque separatists promote terrorism / Paul Sussman -- 6. Basque separatists promote nonviolent political change / Euskadi Ta Askatasuna. |
Target Audience Note: | 9-A. |
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Subject: | Radicalism > United States. Right and left (Political science) Counterculture. Radicals. Radicalism. Hate groups. |
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