Sex, Lies, and Paradise: The Assassins, Prester John, and the Fabulation of Civilizational Identities. The Assassins of Alamut are presented in popular media and academic studies as the 11th century forerunners of today's suicide terrorists. Visiting Winton Professor Geraldine Heng analyzes these stories to see how the Assassins were believed to...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Heng, Geraldine
Created:
2012-11-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Sex, Lies, and Paradise: The Assassins, Prester John, and the Fabulation of Civilizational Identities. The Assassins of Alamut are presented in popular media and academic studies as the 11th century forerunners of today's suicide terrorists. Visiting Winton Professor Geraldine Heng analyzes these stories to see how the Assassins were believed to...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Heng, Geraldine
Created:
2012-11-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.