Evolutionary Psychology and Terrorism (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Taylor, Max; Roach, Jason; Pease, Ken

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the evolutionary context of terrorism and political violence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317678342
• Artikelnr.: 43729843

Autorenporträt

Max Taylor was until retirement Professor in International Relations at the University of St Andrews and Director of CSTPV (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence). He is currently Visiting Professor at the Department of Security and Crime Sciences, UCL, London, and is Editor of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. Jason Roach is Reader in Crime and Policing and the Director of the Crime and Policing Group at the University of Huddersfield. Ken Pease is a forensic psychologist, former Professor of Criminology at Manchester University and Acting Head of the Home Office Police Research Group. He is currently a visiting Professor and Fellow of University College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: What has evolution got to do with terrorism?
Max Taylor
Jason Roach and Ken Pease 2. Evolutionary Psychology
Terrorism and Terrorist Behaviour
Max Taylor 3. Evolutionary psychological influences on the contemporary causes of terrorist events
Paul Ekblom
Aiden Sidebottom and Richard Wortley 4. Terrorism - lessons from natural and human co-evolutionary arms races
Paul Ekblom 5. Why Terrorism Terrifies Us
Jordan Kiper and Richard Sosis 6. Terrorism as an Act-in-Context: A Contextual Behavioral Science Account
Akihiko Masuda
Matthew Donati
L. Ward Schaefer
and Mary L. Hill 7. Terrorism as Altruism: An Evolutionary Model For Understanding Terrorist Psychology
Rick O'Gorman and Andrew Silke 8. Terrorism's Footprint of Fear
Jason Roach
Ken Pease
and Charlotte Sanson