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Talking to the enemy is atrans impassioned call for evidencebased policy, but its also an ambitious survey of culture and violence atran doesnt seek to play down expectations he announces in the preface that this is a book about the nature of faith, the origins of society and the limits of reason. This book begins by discussing the problems of nonrecognition and breaches in diplomatic relations, and then considers the advantages and disadvantages of. Using first person interviews and surveys, atran spent decades working to understand what motivate terrorists. Aug 22, 2005 but, as with tancredo, graham, winn, and prager, the key is not whether we all agree but whether they have the freedom to express their views on the nature of the enemy. Nov 04, 2010 when scott atran is asked to summarize his book talking to the enemy. The ego we see most commonly goes by a more casual definition.
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