Destroying the world to save it : Aum Shinrikyō, apocalyptic violence, and the the new global terrorism

Author(s)

• Lifton, Robert Jay

Bibliographic Information

Destroying the world to save it : Aum Shinrikyō, apocalyptic violence, and the the new global terrorism

Robert Jay Lifton

Metropolitan Books, 1999

1st ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-358) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Looks at Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese cult that released sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo subways, and examines the mind of the man behind the religion.

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Details

• NCID: BA44110484
• ISBN:
  • 0805052909
• LCCN: 99023905
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 374 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BP605.O88
  • DC21 : 299/.93
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Oumu Shinrikyō (Religious organization)
  • LCSH : Asahara, Shōkō