Terrorist's Creed : Fanatical Violence and the Human Need for Meaning PDF
by R. Griffin
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In the tsunami of publications on terrorism which followed 9/11, few have probed effectively into the deeper layers of motivation that enable normal human beings to carry out such unimaginable acts.
Terrorist's Creed casts a penetrating beam of empathetic understanding into the disturbing and murky psychological world of fanatical violence, explaining how the fanaticism it demands stems from the profoundly human need to imbue existence with meaning and transcendence.
Drawing on sociology, psychology, novels and films, it shows how the need to defend or create a territorial or purely cultural 'home' in an unforgiving universe can precipitate a process of 'heroic doubling' which in extreme circumstances legitimates murder and suicide for the sake of a 'higher' cause.
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- Pages:280 pages
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:28/09/2012
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- ISBN:9781137284723
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:280 pages
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:28/09/2012
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- ISBN:9781137284723