Evolutionary psychology and terrorism
by Pease, K., (Kenneth) Roach, Jason Taylor, Maxwell
This book explores the evolutionary context of terrorism and political violence. While evolutionary thinking has come to permeate both biological and social-science theorising, it has not yet been applied systematically to the areas of terrorism and political violence. This volume seeks to do this for the first time. It presents a collection of essays on evolutionary psychology and terrorism, which encourage the reader to approach terrorism from a non-traditional perspective, by developing new …
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- Full title :Evolutionary psychology and terrorism / edited by Max Taylor, Jason Roach and Ken Pease.
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This book explores the evolutionary context of terrorism and political violence. While evolutionary thinking has come to permeate both biological and social-science theorising, it has not yet been applied systematically to the areas of terrorism and political violence. This volume seeks to do this for the first time. It presents a collection of essays on evolutionary psychology and terrorism, which encourage the reader to approach terrorism from a non-traditional perspective, by developing new approaches to understanding it and those who commit such acts of violence. The book identifies evolut.
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- Publication Date:2016
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- Publisher(s):Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business
- Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781317678342, 1317678346, 9781315772424, 1315772426, 9781315772424, 9781138928763, 1138928763, 9781317678359, 1317678354, 9781317678335, 1317678338
- oclc:ocn919432121
- LC Classification:HV6431
- Dewey Decimal:363.32501/9
Table of Contents
Introduction : What has evolution got to do with terrorism? / Max Taylor, Jason Roach and Ken Pease -- Evolutionary Psychology, Terrorism and Terrorist Behaviour / Max Taylor -- Evolutionary psychological influences on the contemporary causes of terrorist events / Paul Ekblom, Aiden Sidebottom and Richard Wortley -- Terrorism : lessons from natural and human co-evolutionary arms races / Paul Ekblom -- Why Terrorism Terrifies Us / Jordan Kiper and Richard Sosis -- Terrorism as an Act-in-Context : A Contextual Behavioral Science Account, Akihiko Masuda, Matthew Donati, L. Ward Schaefer, and Mary L. Hill -- Terrorism as Altruism : An Evolutionary Model For Understanding Terrorist Psychology / Rick O'Gorman and Andrew Silke -- Terrorism's Footprint of Fear / Jason Roach, Ken Pease, and Charlotte Sanson.
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