Richard M. Pearlstein - The Mind of the Political Terrorist
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A Scholarly Resource Inc. Imprint Wilmington, Delaware
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.
Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint selected material:
With the Weathermen: The Personal Journal of a Revolutionary Woman by Susan Stern. Copyright 1975 by Doubleday, a division of Bantam, Doubleday, Dell Publishing Group Inc.
In Search of a Sister by Fred Soltysik. Copyright 1976 by Fred Soltysik. Used by permission of Bantam Books, a division of Bantam, Doubleday, Dell Publishing Group Inc.
My Search for Patty Hearst by Steven Weed. Copyright 1976 by Steven Weed. Used by permission of Crown Publishers Inc.
1991 by Scholarly Resources Inc.All rights reserved First published 1991 Printed and bound in the United States of America
Scholarly Resources Inc.104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, DE 19805-1897
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pearlstein, Richard M. (Richard Merrill), 1953 The mind of the political terrorist / Richard M. Pearlstein. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. Includes Index. ISBN 0-8420-2345-3 (cloth) 1. TerroristsPsychology. 2. Narcissism. 3. Terrorists Case studies. I. Title. HV6431.P43 1991 303.6'25dc20 90-9134 CIP
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To my mother, who taught me love and loyalty
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About the Author
Richard M. Pearlstein received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also has taught as well as at the University of Connecticut and Marlboro College. The author of several articles on political terrorism and political psychology, he presently serves as the administrative director of the Institute of Social and Behavioral Pathology in Chicago. This is his first book.
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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
ix
Foreword by Lawrence Z. Freedman
xi
Chapter One The Nature of Political Terrorism
1
Chapter Two The Individual Psychology of the Political Terrorist
15
Chapter Three The Violent Defense of the Self
33
Chapter Four Weathering the Storm: Susan Stern and Diana Oughton
51
Chapter Five "I'm that Nigger": Donald DeFreeze
75
Chapter Six From Mizmoon to Zoya: Patricia Soltysik
93
Chapter Seven A Sense of Dignidad: Victor Gerena
107
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Chapter Eight "It's Like a Frenzy": Thomas Martinez
123
Chapter Nine "The Famous Carlos": Ilich Ramrez Sanchez
137
Chapter Ten Better Red than Misled: Ulrike Meinhof and Renato Curcio
153
Chapter Eleven Conclusion
169
Bibliography
183
Index
227
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Preface and Acknowledgments
In recent years, political terrorism has emerged as a conspicuously disturbing problem. Yet, despite our increasingly sophisticated grasp of this issue, practical insight into the individual psychological dimensions of political terrorism remains embryonic at best. Although the social psychology of political terrorism already has been rather handsomely explained, the individual psychology of the political terrorist has not yet proved to be a particularly fertile area of understanding.
The purpose of this book is to explore the mind of the political terrorist. Specifically, it attempts to identify, analyze, explain, and illustrate the critical interrelationship between the underlying psychoanalytical bases and inherent psychodynamic "rewards" of political terrorism. My fundamental conclusions are that the individual who becomes and remains a political terrorist generally appears to be psychologically molded by certain narcissistic personality disturbances. These disturbances appear to predispose strongly such individuals toward the intrinsic psychodynamic rewards of political terrorism.
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