Islamic Terror

Independent scholar Falk analyzes the genesis of Islamic terror from many standpoints, including religious, cultural, historical, political, social, economic and, above all, psychological. Drawing on his training as a clinical psychologist, Falk's writings specialize in psychohistory and political psychology. Here, he examines topics including infantile experience and adult terrorism, the meaning of terror, terrorists and their mothers, narcissistic rage and Islamic terror, and whether terrorists are "normal" people, as some scholars claim. He also describes the infantile development of terrorist pathology, non-psychoanalytic theories of terrorism, globalization's effect on terrorism, and the notion of the clash of civilizations. Other topics addressed in this reader-friendly analysis include history's first Islamic terrorists and three important cases--two recent, deadly terrorists and a primary figure in our current "war on terror."

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: Infantile Terror and Adult Terrorism	p. ix
The Meaning of Terror	p. 1
The Psychology of Religion	p. 4
Religious Terror and Academic Disciplines	p. 7
Terrorists and Their Mothers	p. 13
The Nature of Islamic Terror	p. 17
Historical and Sociological Explanations	p. 21
Narcissistic Rage and Islamic Terror	p. 24
The Narcissistic and Borderline Personality Disorders	p. 29
Are Terrorists Normal?	p. 32
The Infantile Development of Terrorist Pathology	p. 37
Non-Psychoanalytic Theories of Terrorism	p. 40
Globalization and Islamic Terrorism	p. 44
The World Trade Center Tragedy	p. 48
The Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Qaida	p. 51
A State of Denial	p. 56
The Futile and Tragic "Global War on Terror"	p. 61
The Irrationalities of Islamic Terror	p. 71
Terror, Love, and Hate	p. 83
The Psychological Role of the Mass Communication Media	p. 109
Terrorism and Anxiety	p. 113
Self-Knowledge and Understanding Others	p. 114
A Clash of Civilizations?	p. 117
Amir Taheri and Iran's Humiliation	p. 125
The Emotional Structure of Muslim Families	p. 128
The Structure of Muslim Society	p. 131
The "Arab Mind"?	p. 135
The Muslim Child's Ambivalence Toward Its Parents	p. 138
Terror, Basic Mistrust, and the Lack of Object Constancy	p. 141
The Abuse of Women and Children in Muslim Society	p. 144
Biased Views of Islamic Terrorism	p. 151
Religious Extremism, Psychic Regression, and Terror	p. 154
Fantasies of Rebirth through Violent Death	p. 158
History's First Islamic Terrorists?	p. 162
Suicide Murder as Unconscious Fusion with the Mother	p. 166
The Roots of Muslim Rage	p. 171
Muslim Love, Hate, and Rage, from the Family to the Political	p. 174
Case Studies	p. 184
Bibliography	p. 211
Index	p. 251
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