LEADER 04337nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910808022503321 005 20080409112039.0 010 $a979-84-00-67301-6 010 $a1-283-00287-6 010 $a9786613823069 010 $a0-313-35765-X 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400673016 035 $a(CKB)1000000000821254 035 $a(EBL)554262 035 $a(OCoLC)234237249 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000376753 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11265036 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376753 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10336971 035 $a(PQKB)11034157 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL554262 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271282 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL382306 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC554262 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400673016BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000821254 100 $a20080407e20082024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIslamic terror $econscious and unconscious motives /$fAvner Falk 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger Security International,$d2008. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (280 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-35764-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; 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-Qai?da 327 $aA State of DenialThe 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 327 $aReligious Extremism, Psychic Regression, and TerrorFantasies 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; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIndependent scholar Falk analyzes the genesis of Islamic terror from many standpoints, including 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. Here, he examines topics including infantile experience and adult terrorism, the meaning of terror, terrorists and their mothers, narcissistic rage and Islamic terror, and whether terrorists are normal people, as some scholars claim. He also describes the infantile development of terroris 606 $aIslam$xpsychology 606 $aIslam$xPsychology 606 $aMotivation 606 $aTerrorism$xPsychological aspects 606 $aTerrorism$xpsychology 606 $aTerrorism$xReligious aspects$xIslam 606 $aUnconscious (Psychology) 615 0$aIslam$xpsychology. 615 0$aIslam$xPsychology. 615 0$aMotivation. 615 0$aTerrorism$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aTerrorism$xpsychology. 615 0$aTerrorism$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 615 0$aUnconscious (Psychology) 676 $a363.325 700 $aFalk$b Avner$0847225 801 0$bDNLM/DLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808022503321 996 $aIslamic terror$94085679 997 $aUNINA