Book contents
- Weaponized Words
- Weaponized Words
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Battlefield
- 1 Words are Loaded Pistols: Radicalization and Persuasion
- 2 The Riddle of the Sphinx: Lessons from Past and Current Counter-Radicalization Efforts
- Part II The Weapons
- Part III The War
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Riddle of the Sphinx: Lessons from Past and Current Counter-Radicalization Efforts
from Part I - The Battlefield
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2020
- Weaponized Words
- Weaponized Words
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Battlefield
- 1 Words are Loaded Pistols: Radicalization and Persuasion
- 2 The Riddle of the Sphinx: Lessons from Past and Current Counter-Radicalization Efforts
- Part II The Weapons
- Part III The War
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Born of a three-headed, fire-breathing monster called the Chimaera, the Sphinx had a powerful physical form, possessing the colossal body of a lion (flanked on both sides by equally massive wings) and a serpent’s tail in the form of a snake. In addition to the brute strength afforded to it from its bestial frame, the Sphinx also boasted a cunning intellect, owed to its human (female) head. The combined strength and intelligence of the Sphinx made her a ruthless guard of Thebes, imposing famines and droughts on the city at her leisure. The only way to defeat her was to answer a riddle correctly. If someone gave a wrong answer to the riddle, the Sphinx strangled the challenger and devoured him.
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- Weaponized WordsThe Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization, pp. 46 - 68Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020