Explaining the Inexplicable: Suicide Bombers' Motivation

What motivates a suicide bomber? Professor Arie W. Kruglanski of the University of Maryland, College Park, examines recent analyses of the motivations for suicidal terrorism and suggests that factors identified as personal causes of suicidal terrorism, the various ideological reasons assumed to justify it, and the social pressures brought upon candidates for suicidal terrorism may be provide an integrative framework that explains diverse instances of suicidal terrorism as attempts at significance restoration, significance gain, and prevention of significance loss. Series: Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley [9/2008] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 15142]

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[Jihunn]

what is that ignorant tradition? there are suicide bombers from very different traditions. tamil tigers were marxists. is that a tradition?  what was the tradition of the kamikazes?

[DB0175]

I think people need to realize whats really taking place here we live in a world god has created which means god created reality this enables everything including mass death and suicide all we can do is treat this problem but it will always exsist just like evil will.

[midnightcyberwriter]

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[midnightcyberwriter]

When your desperate, you do things which you wouldn't normally do. When your trapped like an animal and hate and anger for the oppressor fills your thoughts you do whatever you can to fight back. It makes perfect sense. It is sad for people to have to live this way, but it is a reality for them. It is easy to criticize them, but harder to understand them and most would rather judge them without any feelings for their humanity.

[horny4bears]

Christanabc, founder of mormons, I want to say John Smith(think thats his name), martyred themselves, when haven a chance to flee persecution.

As for Ron Paul, he's a man who's done plenty of research and study, but a short come'n for people is we shun change/thoughts, against are base beliefs/teachings. Plus alot look at the vessel/body of the person whos bringing the message, which makes me wonder if Obama would channel word for word of ron pauls message, in how ppl would react to obama.

[beancube2008]

Try to research it on our leaders as well.

They send attacks all around the world as well.

I wonder if suicidal attempts escape them when they were entrapped and they were talking parts of Holy Bibles.

[beancube2008]

Art and science don't connect us to happiness. What connects us to those tools? Culture.

What used on us and irritate us? Repeating shocks. A repeating experience like bumping into a rock painfully. Even animals can't stand suffocating their breathes. When people hate themselves, we have big problem understandable. Try research it in our troops.

[javanfirkins]

Ron Paul- whom has ran for president, and is working with the Campaign for Freedom has talked about these motives- and has tried to educate much of the public about it.

[rhth79]

Excuses? The only way to address this sort of problem is to understand how it arises, rather than thinking you can eradicate it. Talk about ignorant traditions.

[8data]

Apostates have an undefined power in this life

[furry1457232]

so frank your saying if someone killed your family ,you would sit still and smile??