
Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism.
Title:
Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism.
Author:
Hudson, Rex A.
ISBN:
9781617285264
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (162 pages)
Series:
Focus on Terrorism
Contents:
SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM -- SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: MINDSETS OF MASS DESTRUCTION∗ -- NEW TYPES OF POST-COLD WAR TERRORISTS -- New Forms of Terrorist-Threat Scenarios -- Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 3 TERMS OF ANALYSIS -- DEFINING TERRORISM AND TERRORISTS -- TERRORIST GROUP TYPOLOGIES -- Chapter 4 APPROACHES TO TERRORISM ANALYSIS -- THE MULTICAUSAL APPROACH -- THE POLITICAL APPROACH -- THE ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH -- THE PHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH -- THE PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH -- Chapter 5 GENERAL HYPOTHESES OF TERRORISM -- FRUSTRATION-AGGRESSION HYPOTHESIS -- NEGATIVE IDENTITY HYPOTHESIS -- NARCISSISTIC RAGE HYPOTHESIS -- Chapter 6 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE TERRORIST -- TERRORIST MOTIVATION -- THE PROCESS OF JOINING A TERRORIST GROUP -- THE TERRORIST AS MENTALLY ILL -- THE TERRORIST AS SUICIDAL FANATIC -- Fanatics -- Suicide Terrorists -- TERRORIST GROUP DYNAMICS -- Pressures to Conform -- Pressures to Commit Acts of Violence -- Terrorist Rationalization of Violence -- THE TERRORIST'S IDEOLOGICAL OR RELIGIOUS PERCEPTION -- Chapter 7 TERRORIST PROFILING -- HAZARDS OF TERRORIST PROFILING -- SOCIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TERRORISTS IN THE COLD WAR PERIOD -- A Basic Profile -- Age -- Educational, Occupational, and Socioeconomic Background -- General Traits -- Marital Status -- Physical Appearance -- Origin: Rural or Urban -- Gender -- Males -- Females -- Characteristics of Female Terrorists -- Practicality, Coolness -- Dedication, Inner Strength, Ruthlessness -- Single-Mindedness -- Female Motivation for Terrorism -- Chapter 8 CONCLUSION -- TERRORIST PROFILING -- TERRORIST GROUP MINDSET PROFILING -- PROMOTING TERRORIST GROUP SCHISMS -- HOW GUERRILLA AND TERRORIST GROUPS END.
Chapter 9 APPENDIX - SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES: CASE STUDIES -- EXEMPLARS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN THE EARLY 1970S -- Renato Curcio -- Leila Khaled -- Kozo Okamoto -- EXEMPLARS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN THE EARLY 1990S -- Mahmud Abouhalima -- Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman -- Mohammed A. Salameh -- Ahmed Ramzi Yousef -- ETHNIC SEPARATIST GROUPS -- Irish Terrorists -- Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Abdullah Ocalan -- Group/Leader Profile -- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- Group Profile -- Membership Profile -- LTTE Suicide Commandos -- Leader Profile -- Velupillai Prabhakaran -- SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS -- Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) -- Group Profile -- LeaderProfile -- AbuNidal -- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) -- Group Profile -- Leader Profile -- Ahmad Jibril -- Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) -- Group Profile -- Leader Profiles -- Pedro Antonio Marín/Manuel Marulanda Vélez -- Jorge Briceño Suárez ("Mono Jojoy") -- Germán Briceño Suárez ("Grannobles") -- "Eliécer" -- Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N) -- Group Profile -- RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALIST GROUPS -- Al-Qaida -- Group Profile -- Leader Profiles -- Osama bin Laden -- Ayman al-Zawahiri -- Subhi Muhammad Abu-Sunnah ("Abu-Hafs al-Masri") -- Hizballah (Party of God) Alias: Islamic Jihad -- Group Profile -- Leader Profile -- Imad Fa'iz Mughniyah -- Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) -- Group Profile -- The Suicide Bombing Strategy -- Selection of Suicide Bombers -- Leader Profiles -- Sheikh Ahmed Yassin -- Mohammed Mousa ("Abu Marzook") -- Emad al-Alami -- Mohammed Dief -- Al-Jihad Group -- Group Profile -- NEW RELIGIOUS GROUPS -- Aum Shinrikyo -- Group/Leader Profile -- Key Leader Profiles -- Yoshinobu Aoyama -- Seiichi Endo -- Kiyohide Hayakawa -- Dr. Ikuo Hayashi -- Yoshihiro Inoue -- Hisako Ishii.
Fumihiro Joyu -- Takeshi Matsumoto -- Hideo Murai -- Kiyohide Nakada -- Tomomasa Nakagawa -- Tomomitsu Niimi -- Toshihiro Ouchi -- Masami Tsuchiya -- Chapter 10 GLOSSARY -- Chapter 11 BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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