Motivi terorirstičkog delovanja

Abstract

Terorizam predstavlja relativno nov fenomen, pa su i podaci o terorističkim motivima i psihološkom profilu terorista prilično oskudni i ograničeni. U teoriji egzistira veliki broj kvantitativnih analiza kolektivnog nasilja, ubistava i kriminala, ali nijedna od ovih pojava se ne može poistovetiti sa terorizmom. Većina aktuelnih studija ne uzima u obzir veliku heterogenost terorista, a brojne praktične, konceptualne i psihološke barijere usporavaju izučavanje terorizma. Psihologija kao nauka o ponašanju daje svakako veliki doprinos proučavanju ove veoma kompleksne pojave. Cilj ovog rada je da analizira i sintetizuje socijalne i psihološke determinante koje doprinose nastanku terorističkih motiva i elaborira one činjenice koje su do sada obrađene u naučnoj i stručnoj literaturi.

Terrorism is a relatively new phenomenon, and data on terrorist motivations and psychological profiles of terrorists are fairly scarce and limited. In theory, there is a large number of quantitative analyses of collective violence, murder, and crime, however, none of these can be identified with terrorism. Most current studies do not consider a great heterogeneity of terrorists, and numerous practical, conceptual, and psychological barriers slow down the science of learning about terrorism. Psychology, as a science of behavior, certainly makes a great contribution to the study of terrorism as a very complex phenomenon. The aim of this paper is to analyze and synthesize social and psychological determinants which contribute to the development of terrorist motives, and to elaborate on those facts which have been discussed in scientific and professional literature so far.