Terrorism in Pakistan: the psychosocial context and why it matters

Terrorism is often construed as a well-thought-out, extreme form of violence to perceived injustices. The after effects of terrorism are usually reported without understanding the underlying psychological and social determinants of the terrorist act. Since ‘9/11’ Pakistan has been at the epicentre o...

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Autores principales: Nizami, Asad Tamizuddin, Hassan, Tariq Mahmood, Yasir, Sadia, Rana, Mowaddat Hussain, Minhas, Fareed Aslam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Special Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29953136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2017.9
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description Terrorism is often construed as a well-thought-out, extreme form of violence to perceived injustices. The after effects of terrorism are usually reported without understanding the underlying psychological and social determinants of the terrorist act. Since ‘9/11’ Pakistan has been at the epicentre of both terrorism and the war against it. This special paper helps to explain the psychosocial perspective of terrorism in Pakistan that leads to violent radicalisation. It identifies the terrorist acts in the background of Pakistan's history, current geopolitical and social scenario. The findings may also act as a guide on addressing this core issue.
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spelling pubmed-60209232018-06-27 Terrorism in Pakistan: the psychosocial context and why it matters Nizami, Asad Tamizuddin Hassan, Tariq Mahmood Yasir, Sadia Rana, Mowaddat Hussain Minhas, Fareed Aslam BJPsych Int Special Paper Terrorism is often construed as a well-thought-out, extreme form of violence to perceived injustices. The after effects of terrorism are usually reported without understanding the underlying psychological and social determinants of the terrorist act. Since ‘9/11’ Pakistan has been at the epicentre of both terrorism and the war against it. This special paper helps to explain the psychosocial perspective of terrorism in Pakistan that leads to violent radicalisation. It identifies the terrorist acts in the background of Pakistan's history, current geopolitical and social scenario. The findings may also act as a guide on addressing this core issue. Cambridge University Press 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6020923/ /pubmed/29953136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2017.9 Text en © The Authors 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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