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Islamic terror : conscious and unconscious motives /

"Avner Falk analyzes the genesis of Islamic terror from many standpoints - religious, cultural, historical, political, social, economic and, above all, psychological. Drawing on his training as a clinical psychologist, Falk's writings specialize in psychohistory and political psychology. H...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Falk, Avner
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008.
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  • Introduction : Infantile terror and adult terrorism
  • The meaning of terror
  • The psychology of religion
  • Religious terror and academic disciplines
  • Terrorists and their mothers
  • The nature of Islamic terror
  • Historical and sociological explanations
  • Narcissistic rage and Islamic terror
  • The narcissistic and borderline personality disorders
  • Are terrorists normal?
  • The infantile development of terrorist pathology
  • Non-psychoanalytic theories of terrorism
  • Globalization and Islamic terrorism
  • The World Trade Center tragedy
  • The Muslim brotherhood and Al-Qaida
  • A state of denial
  • The futile and tragic "Global war on terror"
  • The irrationalities of Islamic terror
  • Terror, love, and hate
  • The psychological role of the mass communication media
  • Terrorism and anxiety
  • Self-knowledge and understanding others
  • A clash of civilizations?
  • Amir Taheri and Iran's humiliation
  • The emotional structure of Muslim families
  • The structure of Muslim society
  • The "Arab mind"?
  • The Muslim child's ambivalence toward Its parents
  • Terror, basic mistrust, and the lack of object constancy
  • The abuse of women and children in Muslim society
  • Biased views of Islamic terrorism
  • Religious extremism, psychic regression, and terror
  • Fantasies of rebirth through violent death
  • History's first Islamic terrorists?
  • Suicide murder as unconscious fusion with the mother
  • The roots of Muslim rage
  • Muslim love, hate, and rage, from the family to the political
  • Case studies.