In the wake of 9/11 : the psychology of terror

The Resource In the wake of 9/11 : the psychology of terror
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In the wake of 9/11 : the psychology of terror
Title remainder
the psychology of terror
Statement of responsibility
Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon
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Language
eng
Summary
This book explores the emotions of despair, fear, and anger that arose after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the autumn of 2001. The authors analyze reactions to the attacks through the lens of Terror Management Theory, an existential psychological model that explains why humans react the way they do to the threat of death and how this reaction influences their post-threat cognition and emotion. The theory provides ways to understand and reduce terrorism's effect and possibly find resolutions to conflicts involving terrorism. The authors focus primarily on the reaction in the US to the 9/11 attack, but their model is applicable to all instances of terrorism, and they expand their discussion to include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This book has practical implications and will be a resource for mental health practitioners, researchers, and anyone concerned with the causes and effects of terrorism
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
155.9/35
Index
index present
LC call number
HV6432
LC item number
.P97 2003
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2003 F-767
  • WM 172
NLM item number
P998i 2003

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