Understanding Terrorism,9781591470328

Understanding Terrorism

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781591470328
ISBN10: 1591470323
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-08-01
Publisher(s): Amer Psychological Assn
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Summary

Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, text exhibits a critical assessment of the psychological origins and consequences of international terrorism. Suggests ways to prevent the psychosocial effects of terrorism and strategies to eliminate the conditions giving rise to terrorism. For psychologists and social workers.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 3(6)
Fathali M. Moghaddam and Anthony J. Marsella
I. Foundations and Context 9(110)
Chapter 1. Reflections on International Terrorism: Issues, Concepts, and Directions
11(38)
Anthony J. Marsella
Chapter 2. Dishonest Crimes, Dishonest Language: An Argument About Terrorism
49(20)
Brien Hallett
Chapter 3. Peace and War in the Middle East: A Psychopolitical and Sociocultural Perspective
69(22)
Naji Abi-Hashem
Chapter 4. The Social Construction of Terrorism
91(12)
Rom Harré
Chapter 5. Cultural Preconditions for Potential Terrorist Groups: Terrorism and Societal Change
103(16)
Fathali M. Moghaddam
II. Psychosocial Context 119(102)
Chapter 6. The Role of Selective Moral Disengagement in Terrorism and Counterterrorism
121(30)
Albert Bandura
Chapter 7. Understanding and Responding to Group Violence: Genocide, Mass Killing, and Terrorism
151(18)
Ervin Staub
Chapter 8. Terrorism and the Quest for Identity
169(18)
Donald M . Taylor and Winnifred Louis
Chapter 9. Malevolent Minds: The Teleology of Terrorism
187(20)
Thomas F. Ditzler
Chapter 10. Terrorism From a Peace Psychology Perspective
207(14)
Richard V. Wagner and Katherine R. Long
III. Consequences of Terrorism 221(62)
Chapter 11. The Psychosocial Aftermath of Terrorism
223(24)
Yael Danieli, Brian Engdahl, and William E. Schlenger
Chapter 12. Terrorism and the Mental Health and Well-Being of Refugees and Displaced People
247(18)
Michael G. Wessells
Chapter 13. Psychology's Response to Terrorism
265(18)
Ronald F. Levant, Laura Barbanel, and Patrick H. DeLeon
References 283(32)
Author Index 315(8)
Subject Index 323(20)
About the Editors 343

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