Origins of terrorism : psychologies, ideologies, theologies, states of mind / edited by Walter Reich.

Other author Reich, Walter, 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore ; London : Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Descriptionxiii, 289 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Strategy or psychology? : origins of terrorist behavior. The logic of terrorism : terrorist behavior as a product of strategic choice / Martha Crenshaw -- Terrorist psycho-logic : terrorist behavior as a product of psychological forces / Jerrold M. Post. Varieties of terrorism : ideological and religious motivations. Ideology and rebellion : terrorism in West Germany / Konrad Kellen -- Ideology and repentance : terrorism in Italy / Franco Ferracuti -- The psychopolitical formation of extreme left terrorism in a democracy : the case of the Weathermen / Ehud Sprinzak -- Terrorism in democracies : its social and political bases / Ted Robert Gurr -- Sacred terror : a contemporary example from Islam / David C. Rapoport -- The moral logic of Hizballah / Martin Kramer. States of mind : how do terrorists think? which psychological mechanisms enable them to do what they do? Mechanisms of moral disengagement / Albert Bandura -- The readiness to kill and die : suicidal terrorism in the Middle East / Ariel Merari. Responding to terrorism : decision making and the pressures of leadership. Hostage taking, the presidency, and stress / Margaret G. Hermann and Charles F. Hermann -- Taking vows : the domestication of policy-making in hostage incidents / Gary Sick. The psychology of terrorism : what can we know? what must we learn? Questions to be answered, research to be done, knowledge to be applied / Martha Crenshaw -- Understanding terrorist behavior : the limits and opportunities of psychological inquiry / Walter Reich.
Abstract Offers a study of the beliefs, goals, and other factors that cause groups and individuals to resort to violence to gain their political objectives.
General noteOriginally published: Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990, in series: Woodrow Wilson Center series. With new foreword.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98024652
ISBN0943875897 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780943875897 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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