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The Cult of Osama - Psychoanalyzing Bin Laden and His Magnetism for Muslim Youths (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,079
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The Cult of Osama - Psychoanalyzing Bin Laden and His Magnetism for Muslim Youths (Hardcover): Peter A. Olsson

The Cult of Osama - Psychoanalyzing Bin Laden and His Magnetism for Muslim Youths (Hardcover)

Peter A. Olsson

Series: Praeger Security International

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In The Cult of Osama, Psychiatrist Peter Olsson examines Osama bin Laden's early life experiences and explains, from a psychoanalytical perspective, how those created a mind filled with perverse rage at America, as well as why his way of thinking makes him in many cases a hero to Arab and Muslim youths. "Many other writings totally demonize bin Laden, and therein strangely play into putting this troubled man onto a pedestal," says Olsson, who spent 25 years on a social psychological and psychoanalytical study of destructive cults and cult leaders. There are many journalistic, political, military, and intelligence books about bin Laden and his terror cult group. But this one offers a purely psychological and psychobiographical perspective on bin Laden and his mushrooming influence. Bin Laden's destructive "Pied Piper" appeal, leading youths to murder others and even themselves in suicide missions, stems from the peculiar and profoundly important synchrony of shared trauma and pain between bin Laden and Arab/Muslim youth, says Olsson. "And we in the West neglect this topic, at our own peril." Among the insights Olsson provides as he traces the psychological threads of narcissistic wounds and unresolved grief from Osama's childhood are the death of his father when Osama was 10, separation from his mother even earlier, the humiliation of Osama as the "son of a slave" in his father's household, and his lifelong search for a surrogate older brother and father figures among radical Islamist teachers and mentors. Olsson also spotlights the idea that Osama experienced "dark epiphanies" as a young adult which further magnified and focused his unresolved disappointments and narcissistic rage. Thispsychobiography of one of the world's most notorious terrorists, written by an Assistant Professor at Dartmouth Medical School, shows how understanding the psychohistory and mindset of bin Laden could help prevent the development and actions of home-grown American and Western terrorists and their cells.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Series: Praeger Security International
Release date: November 2007
First published: November 2007
Authors: Peter A. Olsson
Dimensions: 244 x 166 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99989-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 0-275-99989-0
Barcode: 9780275999896

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