Comments on: How Does it Feel to Succeed As a Terrorist? http://counsellingresource.com/features/2005/07/07/terrorist-psychology/ Looking at life through the prism of psychology, philosophy, mental health and more. Originally created by counsellor, psychotherapist and philosopher Dr Greg Mulhauser, this blog is now the work of an international team of contributors. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:22 -0500 hourly 1 By: Managing Editor http://counsellingresource.com/features/2005/07/07/terrorist-psychology/#comment-2512 Managing Editor Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:22:17 +0000 http://counsellingresource.com/features/archives/2005/applied/terrorist-psychology/#comment-2512 Hi Jeremy, As far as I can tell, the political climate in the UK is crystallising even more around the self-assured pronouncements by our leaders that "these terrorist acts cannot be rationalised", and that "these people have no agenda but fanaticism, and there's no reasoning with that". I'm not sure quite how it is that so many people who argue so strongly that no one should ever communicate with terrorists have come to be in posession of such intimate knowledge of the beliefs, ideals, and thoughts of those very terrorists... All the best, Greg Hi Jeremy,

As far as I can tell, the political climate in the UK is crystallising even more around the self-assured pronouncements by our leaders that “these terrorist acts cannot be rationalised”, and that “these people have no agenda but fanaticism, and there’s no reasoning with that”. I’m not sure quite how it is that so many people who argue so strongly that no one should ever communicate with terrorists have come to be in posession of such intimate knowledge of the beliefs, ideals, and thoughts of those very terrorists…

All the best,
Greg

]]> By: Jeremy Dean http://counsellingresource.com/features/2005/07/07/terrorist-psychology/#comment-2168 Jeremy Dean Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:58:03 +0000 http://counsellingresource.com/features/archives/2005/applied/terrorist-psychology/#comment-2168 I agree with you whole-heartedly and I've written up a summary of an article published in the American Psychologist earlier in the year that provides a framework for understanding <a href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2005/07/london-bombings-psychology-of.htm" rel="nofollow">how a person might become a terrorist</a> on <a href="http://www.spring.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">my blog</a>. I agree with you whole-heartedly and I’ve written up a summary of an article published in the American Psychologist earlier in the year that provides a framework for understanding how a person might become a terrorist on my blog.

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