In the wake of 9/11 : the psychology of terror

Resource Information

The work In the wake of 9/11 : the psychology of terror represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

In the wake of 9/11 : the psychology of terror

Title remainder

the psychology of terror

Statement of responsibility

Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon

Title variation

In the wake of nine eleven

Creator

• Pyszczynski, Thomas A

Contributor

• Greenberg, Jeff, 1954-
• trueSolomon, Sheldon

Subject

• Attitude to Death
• trueFear of death
• Fear of death
• Psychological aspects
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
• trueSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Psychological aspects
• Stress, Psychological
• Terror
• Terror
• trueTerrorism -- Psychological aspects
• Terrorism -- Psychological aspects
• trueTerrorism -- United States -- Psychological aspects
• Terrorism -- psychology
• trueUnited States
• United States
• 2001

Language

eng

Summary

This book explores the emotions of despair, fear, and anger that arose after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the autumn of 2001. The authors analyze reactions to the attacks through the lens of Terror Management Theory, an existential psychological model that explains why humans react the way they do to the threat of death and how this reaction influences their post-threat cognition and emotion. The theory provides ways to understand and reduce terrorism's effect and possibly find resolutions to conflicts involving terrorism. The authors focus primarily on the reaction in the US to the 9/11 attack, but their model is applicable to all instances of terrorism, and they expand their discussion to include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This book has practical implications and will be a resource for mental health practitioners, researchers, and anyone concerned with the causes and effects of terrorism

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

155.9/35

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography