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Suicide Bombers: The Psychological, Religious and Other Imperatives
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Suicide Bombers: The Psychological, Religious and Other Imperatives
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Suicide Bombers: The Psychological, Religious and Other Imperatives provides wisdom and insight in an inter-group situation characterized by huge gulfs and misperceptions. The Western media has focused on fundamentalists as the voice of Islam, and helped to shape a warped stereotype of the vast majority of Muslims –who are actually moderate in attitudes. This volume provides a 'corrective', by explaining how de-radicalization programs are being spearheaded by Muslims themselves, and also by exploring the best strategies for understanding and dealing with Islamic fundamentalism and suicide terrorism. The chapters reflect the international, interdisciplinary nature of the workshops that served as the launching pad from the project. This volume reflects a positive trend; it is an indication that researchers can lead societies to accurately pinpoint the nature and role of fundamentalists, and that they can differentiate between destructive elements on the one hand and the majority of moderates seeking to achieve constructive, peaceful inter-group relations on the other hand. Although there is considerable diversity among the chapters, a shared theme is the contextual approach to understanding extremism and suicide terrorism. Rather than become seduced by reductionist explanations, to do with assumed intra-personal characteristics of suicide terrorists, the authors focus on the characteristics of groups and contexts.
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Yes, you can access Suicide Bombers: The Psychological, Religious and Other Imperatives by M. Sharpe,Mary Sharpe in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Title page
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction
- Identifying Young Muslims Susceptible to Violent Radicalisation: Psychological Theory and Recommendations
- British Muslims
- Mad, Bad or Freedom Fighters: The New Challenges of Terrorism
- Suicide Bombing: A Possibility for France?
- Female Suicide Bombers: Victims or Murderers?
- Psychological Prerequisites and Consequences of Suicide Terrorism: The Russian Experience
- Suicide Bombing as Deluded Self-Enhancement
- Let the Sane of Saudi Arabia Unite
- Hotwiring the Apocalypse: Apocalyptic Elements of Global Jihadi Doctrines
- Understanding the Psycho-Social and Political Processes Involved in Ideological Support for Terrorism
- Islamic Jihad in Iraq: Suicide or Martyrdom
- The Drama of the Suicide Terrorist
- Putting the Umm Back in the Umma - Suicide Attack: Understanding the Terrorists' Deepest Terrors
- Break Out Group Conclusions
- Author Index