Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Fundamentalism, Radicalisation and Terrorism

ISBN-13: 9780367030391 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 144 str.

Jessica Yakeley; Paul Cundy

Opis

This book brings together psychoanalysts who study radicalisation, fundamentalism, and terrorism, and explores the mindset and motivations of those who perpetuate these violent acts within the context of the wider group dynamics of minority populations. This book was originally published as two special issue of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist: a selected overview of the psychoanalytic and group analytic study of terrorism  2. Fundamentalism, Radicalization and Terrorism. Part 1: terrorism as dissolution in a complex system  3. Fundamentalism, Radicalization and Terrorism. Part 2: fundamentalism, regression and repair  4. Inflammatory projective identification in fundamentalist religious and economic terrorism  5. Rage and hatred in infants: conditions which facilitate development versus those which result in tragic delays or alarming distortions  6. Terror, fundamentalism, and male adolescence  7. Dreaming of Columbine: exploring an offender’s preoccupation with the Columbine Massacre  8. Pathways into terrorism: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly  9. Terrorism and mental disorder, and the role of psychiatrists in counter-terrorism in the UK  10. Working together to break the ‘circles of fear’ between Muslim communities and mental health services  11. The challenge of radicalisation: a public health approach to understanding and intervention