Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
Society & Culture
On this edition of Parallax, Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Global Studies, Sociology, and affiliate of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, joins the program to discuss his classic 2000 book Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious (now in its fourth edition) in light of the October 7th Hamas and news reports of violent Israeli settlers wreaking havoc in the occupied West Bank. We discuss Mark's concept of cosmic war as an animating force for young men, misconceptions about the type of young attracted to religious violence and terrorism, Israeli terrorist Dr. Baruch Goldstein, Dr. Juergensmeyer's experiences with Hamas leaders, the final words audio tapes of Hamas combatants before their martyrdom and what they reveal, Timothy McVeigh and far-right terrorism, 9/11 the Bush administration's War on Terror folly in Afghanistan and Iraq, and much, much more.
New Film FARHA Tells a Coming-of-Age Survival Story Set Amidst the Nakba w/ Darin J. Sallam/The Sordid History of Guantanamo Bay w/ Andy Worthington
Is Turkey Preparing for a Ground Operation in Syria? w/ Giorgio Cafiero
Railroad Workers Sound Off on Their Grievances, Biden, Sick Leave, and the Rail Carriers w/ Marilee Taylor, Jeff Kurtz, and Maximilian Alvarez
U.S. Foreign Policy, Saudi Arabia, & the Arms Industry w/ Annelle Sheline & William Hartung/Geopolitics & U.S. Foreign Policy w/ Doug Bandow
Israel, Biden, and the FBI’s Shireen Abu Akleh Investigation w/ Mitchell Plitnick
The Iran Protests and The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran w/ Assal Rad
The FTX/SBF Crypto Scandal & Elon’s Twitter Takeover w/ Mike Swanson/A Critique of Psychedelic Capitalism w/ Daniel Pinchbeck
The Russia-Ukraine War w/ Patrick Cockburn/The Kyrie Irving Controversy and Black Hebrew Israelites w/ Jacob S. Dorman
The ADL and the FBI w/ Grant F. Smith
FIFA Uncovered and the Qatar World Cup w/ Miles Coleman/The World Cup & Qatar’s Soft Power Foreign Policy w/ James M. Dorsey
The Peaceful Transfer of Power w/ David Marchick/The Hidden History of Neoliberalism w/ Thom Hartmann
Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II w/ Bruce Henderson
The Far-Right’s Electoral Victory in Israel w/ Richard Silverstein
The Israeli Election and What Netanyahu’s Victory Entails w/ Yossi Gurvitz
Horror Cinema from the Italian Giallo to John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN w/ Troy Howarth
Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi w/ Sandra Niemi
Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters w/ Kevin J. Wetmore
Tod Browning and the Unmade 1930s Zombie Apocalypse Movie THE REVOLT OF THE DEAD w/ Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Guffey
The Wild Cinema of Spanish Horror Icon Paul Naschy w/ Rod Barnett and Troy Guinn
Rondo and Bob, the Parallel Lives of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE’s Art Director and a 1940s Monster Movie Star w/ Joe O’Connell
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