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traditional Islam and Wahhabism

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Sosnin V. A. (2010). Modern terrorism and the problem of motivation of suicide bombers.National Psychological Journal,2(4), 52-55

The socio-economic, socio-cultural, socio-psychological, religious and ethnic determinants of modern terrorism are discussed. The results of studies of social psychologists of the Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences are presented. Search of a new positive personal identity is considered an important motive of the suicide bombers.

Pages: 52-55

Keywords: socio-psychological research on the causes of terrorism; prevention of terrorism; the motivation of suicide; personal identity; traditional Islam and Wahhabism;

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