Family Terrorism or a Conscious Choice
Family Terrorism or a Conscious Choice
Author(s): Dimo IvanovSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Political Theory, Civil Society, Sociology, Security and defense, Politics and society, Family and social welfare
Published by: Национален военен университет „Васил Левски“
Keywords: terrorism; family terrorism; radicalization; conscious choice; religiously motivated terrorism; personality crisis; stages of personality development; nuclear family; martyrdom
Summary/Abstract: The article is aimed at presenting the connection between the science of psychology and the phenomenon of terrorism. It reveals the importance of personality socialization and the need for a sense of belonging. It also discloses the stages of susceptibility to radicalization at an individual level and at the level of a nuclear family in the stages of personality development. Moreover, it presents the reasons for the emergence of family terrorism and the inculcated belief that martyrdom is of high moral value. It presents martyrdom as a problem that must find its solution before many children become victims of a certain type of terrorism, be it on a religiously motivated basis.
Journal: Сигурност и отбрана
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 23-35
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English