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| Named Person: | Osama Bin Laden |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Alan Olsson |
| ISBN: | 9780275999896 0275999890 |
| OCLC Number: | 154678190 |
| Description: | viii, 171 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Why study the minds of Osama bin Laden and Islamist? -- 1. In search of his Mother/Father/Himself: Osama's early losses and narcissistic wounds, the stuff of Islamist leaders' charisma -- 2.Osama's perpetual search for father/brother replacement figures. Soul brothers in terror -- 3. Osama bin Laden's dark epiphany as prototype of Islamist leaders' pathological narcissism -- 4. How Osama and Company become heroes to Muslim youth via manipulation of the wounded group-self -- 5. Suicide bombers: Psychodynamic perspectives on Osama and Company's foot soldiers -- 6. The children of terror and martyrdom: The self-psychological soil for, and roots of, Osama and Company's future recruits -- 7. Osama and Company's apocalyptic scenarios and rebellious group martyrdom in terror cults -- 8. How a psychiatrist might diagnose bin Laden and Company -- 9. More hopeful and world views and approaches to social justice than those of Osama and Company's Islamofascism. |
| Responsibility: | Peter Alan Olsson. |
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