商品簡介
In Gods Do Not Negotiate, historian Jouni Suistola and psychoanalyst Vamik Volkan investigate the historical and psychological roots of terrorism. Specifically, what is it in human nature that allows people to terrorize and kill the other, and what societal factors?whether political, economic, or religious?lead to terrorism? And, in turn, how might terrorist ideologies and groups be defeated, especially when a society’s realistic fears are contaminated with xenophobia, racism, and fantasized dangers? Focusing specifically on modern-day radical Islamist terrorism, the authors argue that studying the minds of individual terrorists can tell us something about those individuals, but that only by understanding the deeper historical, political, and society-wide psychological processes at work will we be able to understand the core causes of terrorism. Through such understanding, the world will be better positioned to prevent further radicalization and create peaceful solutions to the problem of terrorism.
作者簡介
Jouni Suistola, PhD, studied history and social sciences at Oulu University. He served as professor of international relations at Near East University in Nicosia. Vamik Volkan, MD, studied medicine at the University of Ankara, Turkey. He is an emeritus professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia.