Talking to the Enemy: Violent Extremism, Sacred Values, and What it Means to Be Human

This book is a provocative exploration of one of the most contentious questions of our times: what drives someone to take their own life and others' through terrorism? Anthropologist Scott Atran, who has spent years talking to extremists from Afghanistan to Indonesia, gives a unique insight into the minds of radicalized people, and ranges across human history to show what makes us believe so strongly that we will kill.