Decapitations, kamikazes, aeroplanes turned into bombs….in the wave of violence which for years now has been shaking the word there is something that we do not fully understand. What, therefore, is this new reality? How can it be decoded?
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A Biannual Review of the Oasis International Studies and Research Centre
Ordinary member of the Studium Generale Marcianum
Year II, Number 3, March 2006
Editor Roberto Fontolan
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French translation Danielle Ballay Lunghetti
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