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Terrorism and Political Violence Volume 23, 2011 - Issue 4
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The Logic of Terrorism: Existential Anxiety, the Search for Meaning, and Terrorist Ideologies

Megan K. McBride Department of Religious Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 560-581 | Published online: 09 Aug 2011

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Ari D. Fodeman, Daniel W. Snook & John G. Horgan. (2022) Pressure to prove: Muslim converts’ activism and radicalism mediated by religious struggle and punishing Allah reappraisal. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression 14:1, pages 49-69.
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Brandon Sparke. (2019) The religious vs. social radicalisation debate: current understandings and effects on policy. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 14:1, pages 82-96.
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Greg Nolan. (2016) A precarious ecstasy: beyond temporality in self and other. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 44:3, pages 306-315.
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Mary V. Wrenn. (2014) The Social Ontology of Fear and Neoliberalism. Review of Social Economy 72:3, pages 337-353.
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Mary Wrenn. (2013) Fear and Institutions. Journal of Economic Issues 47:2, pages 383-390.
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Kosta Lucas & Daniel Baldino. 2021. Counter-Terrorism, Ethics and Technology. Counter-Terrorism, Ethics and Technology 199 221 .
Ari D. Fodeman, Daniel W. Snook & John G. Horgan. (2020) Picking Up and Defending the Faith: Activism and Radicalism Among Muslim Converts in the United States. Political Psychology 41:4, pages 679-698.
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Hina Haq, Saad Shaheed & Achim Stephan. (2020) Radicalization Through the Lens of Situated Affectivity. Frontiers in Psychology 11.
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Matteo Vergani, Kerry S. O'Brien, Peter Lentini & Greg Barton. (2019) Does the Awareness of Mortality Shape People's Openness to Violence and Conflict? An Examination of Terror Management Theory. Political Psychology 40:1, pages 111-124.
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M. Joseph Sirgy, Richard J. Estes, El-Sayed El-Aswad & Don R. RahtzM. Joseph Sirgy, Richard J. Estes, El-Sayed El-Aswad & Don R. Rahtz. 2019. Combatting Jihadist Terrorism through Nation-Building. Combatting Jihadist Terrorism through Nation-Building 1 23 .
M. Joseph Sirgy, Richard J. Estes & Don R. Rahtz. (2017) Combatting Jihadist Terrorism: A Quality-of-Life Perspective. Applied Research in Quality of Life 13:4, pages 813-837.
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Lorne L. Dawson. (2018) Debating the Role of Religion in the Motivation of Religious Terrorism. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 31:2, pages 98-117.
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Matteo VerganiMatteo Vergani. 2018. How Is Terrorism Changing Us?. How Is Terrorism Changing Us? 133 150 .
Rosleenda B. Mohamed Ali, Simon A. Moss, Kate Barrelle & Peter Lentini. (2017) Does the pursuit of meaning explain the initiation, escalation, and disengagement of violent extremists?. Aggression and Violent Behavior 34, pages 185-192.
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Amien Kacou. (2013) Five arguments on the rationality of suicide terrorists. Aggression and Violent Behavior 18:5, pages 539-547.
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