000 01705 a2200181 4500
020 _a9780199060139
082 _a327.7301767090511
_bUNW
100 1 _aUnaiza Niaz
_981219
245 1 0 _aWars, insurgencies, and terrorist attacks :
_b: a psychosocial perspective from the Muslim world
_cUnaiza Niaz
260 _aOxford:
_bOxford University Press,
_c2011.
300 _axxi, 364p.
500 _aHB
520 _aMost wars, insurgencies and terrorist attacks are in the Muslim World. This is not a coincidence; understanding this phenomenon in its political and psychosocial perspectives is vital. An attempt is made to analyze these observable facts in a comprehensive, academic method why such incidents are more prevalent is the Muslim countries. It is crucial to understand the dynamics, the frustrations and the political system in the Muslim World. The author attempts to scrutinize and synthesize what has been reported from the scientific and professional literature. History of terrorism whether in the past or present is clarified Different theories of psychopathologies of terrorism and the theoretical, biological, social and psychological approaches are discussed in understanding these phenomena. The wars in the Muslim World in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries whether in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Algeria, Lebanon and Struggle of Kashmir's liberation, are discussed with the psychiatric aftermath on the civilians, validated by the guest authors from Muslim World.
546 _aEng
650 _aPolitical violence -Islamic countries -Psychological aspects
_981220
650 _aIslamic countries -Politics and government
_9164104
942 _cBK
999 _c62826
_d62826