Understanding Suicide Terrorism: Premature Dismissal of the Religious-Belief Hypothesis
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Genesis of suicide terrorism.
Contemporary suicide terrorists from the Middle East are publicly deemed crazed cowards bent on senseless destruction who thrive in poverty and ignorance. Recent research indicates they have no appreciable psychopathology and are as educated and economically well-off as surrounding populations. A first line of defense is to get the communities from which suicide attackers stem to stop the attac...
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One of the principal challenges now days, especially in the countries which are engaged in inland riots, is suicide attack which spreads fear broadly in human societies. More than the legal and political reactions to this social phenomenon, one of the preventive ways, is to analyze the suicide terrorists personally. No doubt, achievement to this understanding can be influential in preventing th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolutionary Psychology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1474-7049,1474-7049
DOI: 10.1177/147470491000800302