Islamic Terror : Conscious and Unconscious Motives
Author | : | Avner Falk |
Year of Publication | : | 2009 |
Publisher | : | Pentagon Press |
ISBN - 13 | : | 9780313357640 |
Edition | : | First |
Language | : | English |
Binding | : | Hardcover |
Subject | : | Terrorism / Peace Studies |
About the Book :
Independent scholar Avner 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 terrorist pathology, non-psychoanalytic theories of terrorism,
globalization`s effect on terrorism, and the notion of the clash of
civilizations.
Examining the emotional structure of traditional Muslim families, Falk shows us
the Muslim child`s ambivalence toward his or her parents, ways in which Muslims
abuse women and children, and the roots of Muslim rage, and why all of that
plays into the development of future terrorism. Other topics addressed in this
reader-friendly analysis include history`s first Islamic terrorists and three
important cases?two recent, deadly terrorists and a primary figure in our
current ``War on Terror.``
About Author :
Avner Falk is an internationally-known Israeli scholar, expert in the fields of psychohistory and political psychology. He trained as a clinical psychologist at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Washington University in St. Louis. He practiced psychotherapy for 25 years, during which he served as Senior Clinical Psychologist at several mental health centers, before becoming a fulltime independent scholar. He authored seven earlier books, including Anti-Semitism: A History and Psychology of Hatred (Praeger, 2008), Fratricide in the Holy Land: A Psychoanalytic View of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and Napoleon Against Himself: A Psychobiography.