Ruth Stein's pioneering study explains suicidal terrorism from a psychoanalytic perspective. She argues that most Islamic extremists undertake destructive and self-destructive actions not out of blind hatred, nor even for political gain, but to achieve an explosive merger with a transcendent awesome Father, God. The extremist is thus motivated more by his love for God than his hatred of the infidel. The contemporary Islamic terrorist kills "God's enemies" to express his intoxication with and complete submission to the God ...
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Ruth Stein's pioneering study explains suicidal terrorism from a psychoanalytic perspective. She argues that most Islamic extremists undertake destructive and self-destructive actions not out of blind hatred, nor even for political gain, but to achieve an explosive merger with a transcendent awesome Father, God. The extremist is thus motivated more by his love for God than his hatred of the infidel. The contemporary Islamic terrorist kills "God's enemies" to express his intoxication with and complete submission to the God-idea. Stein further shows that this same leitmotif of filial submission and sacrifice runs through patriarchal monotheism in general.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. xviii, 220 p.; 24 cm. LCCN 2009029788 Type of material Book Personal name Stein, Ruth, Ph. D. Main title For love of the father: a psychoanalytic study of religious terrorism / Ruth Stein. Published/Created Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010. Description xviii, 220 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 9780804763042 (cloth: alk. paper) 9780804763059 (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification HV6431. S7285 2010 Contents Evil as love and as liberation: the mind of a suicidal religious terrorist--Fundamentalism as vertical mystical homoeros--Purification as violence--Regression to the father: clinical narratives and theoretical reflections--The triadic structure of evil. LC Subjects Terrorism--Psychological aspects. Terrorists--Psychology. Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p.191-209) and index. Series Meridian: crossing aesthetics Meridian (Stanford, Calif. ) Dewey class no. 363.32501/9
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