The Psychocultural and Religio-ethnopolitical Dimensions of Contemporary Terrorism: [Review]

Salman Elbedour; Muhammad Al-Atawneh

doi:10.1111/j.1530-2415.2009.01177.x

The Psychocultural and Religio-ethnopolitical Dimensions of Contemporary Terrorism: [Review]

Salman Elbedour, Muhammad Al-Atawneh

Department of Middle East Studies

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Abstract

Reviews the book, The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda by J. M. Post (see record [rid]2007-11489-000[/rid]). This book is an essential reading for policy makers, counterterrorism experts, and just about anyone who wants to understand the modern terrorism phenomenon. The author divides modern terrorism into three distinct spheres—nationalistseparatist groups, such as the Palestinian, Basque, and Kurdish liberation movements; social revolutionary movements, such as the Baadeer-Meinhof Group of Germany and the Japanese Red Army; and religious fundamental organizations, such as al-Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezballah, the millenarian sect Aum Shinrikyo, as well as Jewish and Christian fundamentalist groups. In sum, the face of modern terrorism is changing, and if we are to overcome it, we must first understand the psychology that leads people down this path of violence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Original language	English GB
Pages (from-to)	375-378
Number of pages	4
Journal	Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-2415.2009.01177.x
State	Published - 1 Dec 2009

Keywords

Government Policy Making
Social Movements
Terrorism
Counterterrorism
Mind

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The Psychocultural and Religio-ethnopolitical Dimensions of Contemporary Terrorism: [Review]

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