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American academic (born 1954)
Jeffrey Kaplan (born 1954) is an American academic who has written and edited a number of books on
racism ,
religious violence ,
terrorism and the
far-right . He is an associate professor of religion at the
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and a member of the board of academic advisors of the university's Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory.
[1]
Kaplan sits on the
editorial boards of the journals
Terrorism and Political Violence ,
Nova Religio and
The Pomegranate .
[1]
Education
Kaplan earned an
M.A. in
Linguistics from
Colorado State University in 1981, a M.A. in
international relations from
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1989, and earned a
Ph.D. in the
history of culture from the
University of Chicago in 1993.
[2] His
thesis was titled "Revolutionary Millenarianism in the Modern World: From
Christian Identity to
Gush Emunim ".
[3]
Career
Kaplan was an associate professor of history at
Iḷisaġvik College in
Utqiagvik, Alaska .
[4]
Kaplan was awarded a
Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant for a project on "The Emergence of a Violent Euro-American Radical Right" with
Leonard Weinberg .
[5] Kaplan occupied the Bicentennial
Fulbright Chair in American Studies at the
University of Helsinki in
Finland from 1998 to 1999.
[6]
Publications
Radical Religion in America:
Millenarian Movements From the Far Right to the
Children of Noah (1997). Published by
Syracuse University Press as a 245-page hardcover (
ISBN
0815626878 ) and paperback (
ISBN
0815603967 ).
Nation and Race: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture (1998; co-edited with
Tore Bjørgo ). Published in
Boston by
Northeastern University Press as a 273-page hardcover (
ISBN
1555533329 ) and paperback (
ISBN
1555533310 ).
The Emergence of a Euro-American Radical Right (1998; co-authored with Leonard Weinberg). Published in
New Brunswick, New Jersey , by
Rutgers University Press as a 238-page hardcover (
ISBN
0813525632 ) and paperback (
ISBN
0813525640 ).
Beyond the Mainstream: The Emergence of
Religious Pluralism in
Finland ,
Estonia , and
Russia (2000). Published in
Helsinki by
SKS as a 386-page hardcover? (
ISBN
9517461801 ).
Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right (2000). Published in
Walnut Creek, California , by
Altamira Press as a 585-page hardcover in 2000 (
ISBN
0742503402 ).
The Cultic Milieu: Oppositional Subcultures in an Age of Globalization (2002; co-edited with
Heléne Lööw [
sv ] ). Published in
Walnut Creek, California , by
AltaMira Press as a 353-page hardcover (
ISBN
0759102031 ) and paperback (
ISBN
075910204X ).
Millennial Violence: Past, Present and Future (2002; as editor). Originally appearing as a special issue of
Terrorism and Political Violence (Vol. 14, No. 1; Spring 2002), it was published in London and
Portland, Oregon by
F. Cass as a 318-page hardcover (
ISBN
0714652946 ) and paperback (
ISBN
0714682594 ).
The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (2005; consulting editor, with
editor-in-chief
Bron Taylor ). Published in London and New York by
Thoemmes Continuum in 2 volumes, totaling 1877 pages, in hardcover (
ISBN
1843711389 ). It was published in paperback in 2008 (
ISBN
1847062733 )
Terrorist Groups and the New Tribalism: Terrorism's Fifth Wave (2010). Published in
Abingdon, Oxon , and New York by
Routledge as a 235-page hardcover (
ISBN
0415453380 ) and e-book (
ISBN
0203857526 ).
Radical Religion and Violence: Theory and Case Studies Published in New York by Routledge as a 496-page hardcover (
ISBN
0415814146 )
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