The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy

What drives terrorists to glorify violence? In The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy , Richard Drake seeks to explain the origins of Italian terrorism and the role that intellectuals played in valorizing the use of violence for political or social ends. Drake argues that a combination of socioeconomic factors and the influence of intellectual elites led to a sanctioning of violence by revolutionary political groups in Italy between 1969 and 1988. Drake explores what moti