At CEU, Roger Griffin discusses "The Way of the Terrorist" and extremism in the face of modernity

At a public lecture at Central European University, Roger Griffin of Oxford Brookes University challenged the notion that terrorism is irrational and barbaric, instead offering up his own theories of how terrorism reflects loss of meaning in a modern age. The talk was moderated by CEU history department chair Constantin Iordachi.



Roger Griffin is Professor in Modern History at Oxford Brookes University (UK) where he gives courses on fascism, modernism, and terrorism, and has written on a wide range of political, cultural, and socio-psychological phenomena relating to generic fascism and right-wing extremism.

http://history.ceu.hu/events/2010-10-15/roger-griffin-oxford-brookes-universi...

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[dmilsted]

Thank you so much for uploading this... Wow...

[tomabwhite]

@numbtesticle I study at Oxford Brookes, where he is a lecturer, he's a pretty awesome dude.

[numbtesticle]

@mhenor do you study there?

[mhenor]

Awesome lecture!

Griffin is a cool lecturer and a pleasure to watch. Too bad the sound isn't that good, and u can't hear most of what Constantin Iordachi is saying.