Terrorist Minds - The Psychology of Violent Extremism From Al-Qaeda to the Far Right

Drawing on groundbreaking personal interviews as well as decades of research from psychologists and others, John Horgan traces the pathways that lead people into violent extremism and explores what happens to them as their involvement deepens.

List of contents

Preface
1. What Is Terrorism?
2. Who Becomes a Terrorist?
3. Motivation
4. Mindset
5. Reintegration
6. Talking to Terrorists
7. Chasing Storms
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

About the author

John Horgan

Summary

Drawing on groundbreaking personal interviews as well as decades of research from psychologists and others, John Horgan traces the pathways that lead people into violent extremism and explores what happens to them as their involvement deepens.

Product details

• Authors: John Horgan, Horgan John
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2023
• EAN: 9780231198394
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19839-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Terrorism, armed struggle, Social, group or collective psychology, psychology; social science; political science