Stein, Ruth, Ph. D.

For love of the father a psychoanalytic study of religious terrorism / [electronic resource] : Ruth Stein. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (xviii, 120 p.) - Meridian : crossing aesthetics . - Meridian (Stanford, Calif.) .

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.191-209) and index.

Evil as love and as liberation : the mind of a suicidal religious terrorist -- Fundamentalism as vertical mystical homoeros -- Purification as violence -- Regression to the father : clinical narratives and theoretical reflections -- The triadic structure of evil.

9780804772846 (electronic bk.) 0804772843 (electronic bk.)


Terrorism--Psychological aspects.
Terrorists--Psychology.
Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.


Electronic books.

HV6431 / .S7285 2010eb

363.32501/9