"Operational" concepts in the phenomenon of Islamist radicalization: From the subject to the apocalypse

• Published in: International journal of psychoanalysis Vol. 102; no. 2; pp. 315 - 340
• Main Authors: Jaccard, Annabelle, Tiscini, Giorgia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 01.04.2021; Institute of Psychoanalysis (British); Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Aiding and abetting; Apocalypse; Boredom; drive; haine; Hate; Hatred; melancholy; mélancolie; Prisoners; pulsion; radicalisation; Radicalism; radicalization; Sadness; symptom; symptôme; haine; symptom; radicalization; pulsion; radicalisation; mélancolie; Hatred; drive; symptôme; melancholy

Taken from interviews with men having been incarcerated on the charge of criminal association with the intent of committing or aiding and abetting to terrorist acts, the central question of this article has thus emerged: which part does Islamist radicalization play on the psychic level of the self?...