For Love of the Father: A Psychoanalytic Study of Religious Terrorism
(Part of the Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0804763054
ISBN13:9780804763059
Release Date:October 2009
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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