Whether to kill : the cognitive maps of violent and nonviolent individuals /

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Whether to Kill takes a new approach to understanding terrorism. By taking first-person accounts of those involved in both violent and nonviolent action against the state, then analyzing that data via cognitive mapping, Stephanie Dornschneider has opened up new perspectives of what drives people to-...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dornschneider, Stephanie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Political violence > Egypt > Psychological aspects > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Political violence > Germany > Psychological aspects > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Nonviolence > Political aspects > Egypt > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Nonviolence > Political aspects > Germany > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Political activists > Egypt > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Political activists > Germany > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Political psychology > Egypt > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Political psychology > Germany > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Cognitive maps (Psychology) > Political aspects > Case studies.
Violence politique > Égypte > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Violence politique > Allemagne > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Non-violence > Aspect politique > Égypte > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Non-violence > Aspect politique > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Activistes > Égypte > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Activistes > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Psychologie politique > Égypte > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Psychologie politique > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle > Études de cas.
Cartes cognitives > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
PSYCHOLOGY > Applied Psychology.
Political activists
Political psychology
Political violence > Psychological aspects
Egypt
Germany
Case studies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 A Cognitive Mapping Approach to Political Violence; 2 Interviewing Violent and Nonviolent Individuals; 3 A Short History of the Individuals' Groups; 4 Constructing Cognitive Maps About Political Violence; 5 A Computational Analysis of Violent and Nonviolent Activism; 6 Alternative Worlds Without Violence; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments.

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