Fully Committed: Suicide Bombers' Motivation and the Quest for Personal Significance

被引：235
作者：
Kruglanski, Arie W. [1 ]
Chen, Xiaoyan [1 ]
Dechesne, Mark [1 ]
Fishman, Shira [1 ]
Orehek, Edward [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Psychol, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
来源：
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2009年 / 30卷 / 03期
关键词：
Suicide terrorism; Significance; Terrorist motivation; Ideology; Trauma; MORTALITY SALIENCE; TERRORISM; CULTURE; MARTYRDOM;
D O I：
10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00698.x
中图分类号：
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号：
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要：
A motivational analysis of suicidal terrorism is outlined, anchored in the notion of significance quest. It is suggested that heterogeneous factors identified as personal causes of suicidal terrorism (e.g. trauma, humiliation, social exclusion), the various ideological reasons assumed to justify it (e.g. liberation from foreign occupation, defense of one's nation or religion), and the social pressures brought upon candidates for suicidal terrorism may be profitably subsumed within an integrative framework that explains diverse instances of suicidal terrorism as attempts at significance restoration, significance gain, and prevention of significance loss. Research and policy implications of the present analysis are considered.
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页码：331 / 357
页数：27
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