Evolution and Psyche of a Terrorist Paul page 6
In the 1970’s psychologist believed terrorist were suffering from a personality disorder such as clinical psychopaths, narcissist, or were paranoid. Over the year’s individual psychopathological profiles. Individuals who choose to step into to the world of terrorism are often unemployed, socially alienated, who have dropped out of society. Through research they found many individuals who join terrorist groups have no or little education or have joined terrorist organization out of boredom. Psychologists Clark McCauley, Ph.D. calls Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) “the warfare of the weak” drawing in individuals who …show more content…
2002) began in Russia, 1880-1920, during the reign of Czar Alexander II and was also known as the “Golden Age of the Assassination” (Rapoport, 2002). During this time, the French Revolution was in full swing and groups of revolutionaries, calling themselves “terrorist, were being formed. The Revolution was perceived as a “radical reconstruction of authority” (Rapoport, 2002) which attempted to create a new state by destroying two or more existing states. During this period there were a series of assassination and assassination attempts on leaders around the world. One of the most famous assassinations that occurred was that of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was the Austro-Hungarian Empire heir to the throne. This event actually “put into motion the events that lead to World War I.” (Stilter, L …show more content…
They use tactics similar to ISIS and Boko Haram. The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is based in India and became active in 1983. The NLFT is a paramilitary Christian group that hopes to secede from India and establish a Christian Fundamentalist Government. They have zero tolerance for any other religious groups other than Christianity. Phineas Priest Hood is a white supremacist group combining Christian terrorism with idealist. They believe violence against non-White supremacy is “ordained by God and chosen people” (Post, J. M. 2014) getting their influence by watching the Klu Klux Klan. All of these groups consider themselves Christians and use violence against individuals who do not fit into their idealist views of the world then justifying these violence acts through
In the 1970’s psychologist believed terrorist were suffering from a personality disorder such as clinical psychopaths, narcissist, or were paranoid. Over the year’s individual psychopathological profiles. Individuals who choose to step into to the world of terrorism are often unemployed, socially alienated, who have dropped out of society. Through research they found many individuals who join terrorist groups have no or little education or have joined terrorist organization out of boredom. Psychologists Clark McCauley, Ph.D. calls Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) “the warfare of the weak” drawing in individuals who …show more content…
2002) began in Russia, 1880-1920, during the reign of Czar Alexander II and was also known as the “Golden Age of the Assassination” (Rapoport, 2002). During this time, the French Revolution was in full swing and groups of revolutionaries, calling themselves “terrorist, were being formed. The Revolution was perceived as a “radical reconstruction of authority” (Rapoport, 2002) which attempted to create a new state by destroying two or more existing states. During this period there were a series of assassination and assassination attempts on leaders around the world. One of the most famous assassinations that occurred was that of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was the Austro-Hungarian Empire heir to the throne. This event actually “put into motion the events that lead to World War I.” (Stilter, L …show more content…
They use tactics similar to ISIS and Boko Haram. The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is based in India and became active in 1983. The NLFT is a paramilitary Christian group that hopes to secede from India and establish a Christian Fundamentalist Government. They have zero tolerance for any other religious groups other than Christianity. Phineas Priest Hood is a white supremacist group combining Christian terrorism with idealist. They believe violence against non-White supremacy is “ordained by God and chosen people” (Post, J. M. 2014) getting their influence by watching the Klu Klux Klan. All of these groups consider themselves Christians and use violence against individuals who do not fit into their idealist views of the world then justifying these violence acts through