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SELF TERRORISM
SELF TERRORISM

Author(s): Cristian Delcea
Subject(s): Political Theory, Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Military policy, Studies in violence and power, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Self-Terrorism; Terrorism; Target-group;

Summary/Abstract: The identity of self-terrorism is the result of the process of exploration and structure of its own characteristics, having as a result the interface terrorism – target-group. Self-terrorism is the essential indicator of all antisocial behaviours in the name of some ideological cognitions or political-religious doctrines found in contradiction with human, moral, legislative and cultural reasons. Self-terrorism also represents the cognitive interface of self criminal identity in which its politics, ideologies, algorithm and the heuristic anti-social steps are included. The latest research emphasizes the new identity of modern terrorism, which has new behaviourist forms. Some cognitions of terrorism concept varied so much that the real identity of this phenomenon was lost, easily passing from simple labels for violence forms that cannot be associated with terrorism to biases from the government people. For the first time in the history of terrorism, self terrorism is a paradox or a “nebula” concept for researches and government. Moreover, the concept of self-terrorism hasn’t been outlined yet, for cultural, social, religious, political and legislative reasons. This article will perform a critical analysis on the present theories and researches about the identity of (self) terrorism today, also proposing a cognitive criterion in order to understand it.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 103-104
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: English