Critical analysis of academic psychological discourse on terrorism
The following article contains a critical analysis of nine psychology articles published in the journal American Psychologist, which examine the topic of terrorism from different angles. In these articles, the authors discuss the process of radicalization through cognitive opening, with possible ca...
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Slovenian Psychologists' Association
2024-07-01
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The following article contains a critical analysis of nine psychology articles published in the journal American Psychologist, which examine the topic of terrorism from different angles. In these articles, the authors discuss the process of radicalization through cognitive opening, with possible causes of becoming a terrorist including emotions, social identity and mental health problems. Through analysing these discourses, it will be argued that the a priori goal of such mechanistic models and theories of terrorism is the delegitimization of the political phenomenon, thereby implicitly or openly reflecting the ideological standpoint of their authors.
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ea08b8dc0da4c96a66c3f168e22e3a42025-08-20T02:36:19ZengSlovenian Psychologists' AssociationPsihološka Obzorja2350-51412024-07-0110.20419/2024.33.586Critical analysis of academic psychological discourse on terrorismAlina Bezlaj0Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, Slovenia The following article contains a critical analysis of nine psychology articles published in the journal American Psychologist, which examine the topic of terrorism from different angles. In these articles, the authors discuss the process of radicalization through cognitive opening, with possible causes of becoming a terrorist including emotions, social identity and mental health problems. Through analysing these discourses, it will be argued that the a priori goal of such mechanistic models and theories of terrorism is the delegitimization of the political phenomenon, thereby implicitly or openly reflecting the ideological standpoint of their authors. https://journals.uni-lj.si/psiholoska-obzorja/article/view/19304terrorismradicalizationdiscourse analysisAmerican Psychologistcritical psychology |
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