Format:
Online-Ressource (170 p.)
ISBN:
9781855758223
Content:
Why does someone resolve to take his own life in order to murder other people? What is the state of mind which allows him to commit such a monstrous act?This book explores the mental state that compels certain individuals to perform murderous, suicidal acts and emphasizes that, whereas a suicidal terrorist attack can be described as a crime against humanity, its protagonists cannot necessarily be classified as criminal or insane. There is no such a thing as a "typical" suicide terrorist - each attacker differs in age, sex, family status, culture, and even religion. Indeed, the common elements
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COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE A strategic aim; CHAPTER TWO Psychoanalytic contributions; CHAPTER THREE Origins and profile; CHAPTER FOUR Martyrdom and the sadomasochistic link; CHAPTER FIVE Murder-suicide; CHAPTER SIX The network and filicide; CHAPTER SEVEN The female suicide bomber; CHAPTER EIGHT Trauma; CHAPTER NINE Dehumanization; CHAPTER TEN Dissociating emotions; CHAPTER ELEVEN Unique identity and omnipotence; CHAPTER TWELVE A cannibal God; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Terrorism: reversible or irreversible?; Conclusions; NOTES
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REFERENCESINDEX;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781849409063
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781855758223
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Enigma of the Suicide Bomber : A Psychoanalytic Essay
Language:
English
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