1st Edition
The Enigma of the Suicide Bomber A Psychoanalytic Essay
By Franco De Masi
Copyright 2011
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why does someone resolve to take his own life in order to murder other people? What is the state of mind which allows him to commit such a monstrous act? This book explores the mental state that compels certain individuals to perform murderous, suicidal acts and emphasizes that, whereas a suicidal terrorist attack can be described as a crime against humanity, its protagonists cannot necessarily be... Read more
Foreword , Preface , Introduction , A strategic aim , Psychoanalytic contributions , Origins and profile , Martyrdom and the sadomasochistic link , Murder–suicide , The network and filicide , The female suicide bomber , Trauma , Dehumanization , Dissociating emotions , Unique identity and omnipotence , A cannibal God , Terrorism: reversible or irreversible? , Conclusions
Biography
Franco De Masi
