Religious Knives
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Religious Knives

Historical and Psychological Dimensions of International Terrorism

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eBook - ePub

Religious Knives

Historical and Psychological Dimensions of International Terrorism

About this book

In this timely multidimensional study, historian Jouni Suistola and psychoanalyst Vam?k D. Volkan draw on their respective disciplines and their own personal and professional experiences to investigate the historical and psychological roots of terrorism. Specifically, what is it in human nature that allows people to terrorize and kill the other, and what societal factors—whether political, economic, or religious—lead to terrorism? And, in turn, how might terrorist ideologies and groups be defeated, especially when a society's realistic fears are contaminated with xenophobia, racism, and fantasized dangers? Focusing specifically on modern-day radical Islamist terrorism, the authors argue that studying the minds of individual terrorists can tell us something about those individuals, but that only by examining the deeper historical, political, and society-wide psychological processes at work will we be able to uncover the core causes of terrorism. Only through such understanding, they conclude, will the world be positioned to prevent further radicalization and create lasting and peaceful solutions to the seemingly intractable problem of terrorist violence.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface: We Are All Children of War
  6. 1. Military History and Terrorism:From Conventional to Nonconventional Warfare
  7. 2. Large-Group Identity and Prejudice: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
  8. 3. Justifications for Killing the Other
  9. 4. From Marxists to Jihadists:The Bulge Model
  10. 5. The Socio-Political Conflict and Terrorism
  11. 6. Political Propaganda
  12. 7. Terrorist Propaganda: Selling ISIS
  13. 8. Homegrown Terrorists
  14. 9. With God on Our Side:Ideological and Economic Perspectives
  15. 10. Restricted Extreme Religious Fundamentalism
  16. 11. Globalized Terrorism
  17. 12. Suicide Bombers
  18. 13. Lessons in Dealing with Terrorism
  19. 14. Negotiation: A Systematic Approach
  20. 15. Useful Sources: History and Psychoanalysis
  21. References
  22. About the Authors