The Enigma of the Suicide Bomber: A Psychoanalytic Essay eBook

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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 in suicide terrorism should perhaps be sought not so much in the individuals concerned as in the dynamics rooted in their group, family history or country. It may be extreme situations experienced by the group situations that are either objectively extreme or perceived as such that give rise to paradoxical behaviour at individual level. Psychoanalysis is well placed to consider this terrain.

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9780367106911, 9780429481635

The Enigma of the Suicide Bomber: A Psychoanalytic Essay 1st Edition is written by Franco De Masi and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Enigma of the Suicide Bomber are 9780429920639, 0429920636 and the print ISBNs are 9781855758223, 1855758229. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780367106911, 9780429481635.