Enigma of the Suicide Bomber - A Psychoanalytic Essay

"First published in Italian . . . in 2008 . . . Milan"-- T.p. verso.

List of contents

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

About the author

Franco De Masi

Summary

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 such murderous and suicidal acts.

Product details

• Authors: Franco De Masi, De Masi Franco
• Assisted by: Philip Slotkin (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367106911
• ISBN: 978-0-367-10691-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis