Psychology of terrorism 0 randy borum director, psychology of terrorism initiative psychology of. Jerrold post is the founding director of the cias center for the analysis of personality and political behavior. Dekleva, md the election of president trump has led to interest in his mental health and has resulted in heightened scrutiny regarding the american psychiatric associations goldwater rule, with its prohibition on opining psychiatrically on. The relationship between politics and psychology is considered bidirectional, with psychology being used as a lens for understanding politics and politics being used as a lens for understanding psychology. Post was asked to create a pilot program for atadistance evaluation of foreign leaders for senior government officials.
Dr post previously worked with the central intelligence agency, where he was the founding director of the center for the analysis of personality and political behavior. As the cias head psychological profiler, he served under five american. Denny using semistructured interviews, 35 incarcerated middle eastern terrorists have been interviewed 21 islamic terrorists representing hamas and its armed wing izz adin al qassan, islamic jihad, and hizballah, and 14 secular terrorists from fatah and its military wing, pflp and dflp. Over time, he assembled an advisory group drawing on a variety of disciplines from political psychology to psycholinguistics, each adding a new dimension to this challenging task. Post came to george washington after a 21 year career with the central intelligence. Post is a pioneer in the field of political personality profiling. Oxford handbook of political psychology oxford handbooks. Post professor of psychiatry, political psychology, and international affairs, and director of the political psychology program at the elliott school of international affairs at george washington university in washington, dc. Jane mayer, the new yorker the psychological assessment of political leaders with profiles of saddam bill hussein clinton edited by jerrold m. In 1990, jerrold post, the founder of the cias nowdefunct center for the analysis of personality and political behavior, presented a comprehensive political psychology profile of saddam. Good leadership analyses are not reductionist, but rather take into consideration the overall person in the context of the times, society, and culture from which they come. Post came to george washington after a 21year career. Nov 17, 2014 post is a pioneer in the field of politicalpersonality profiling.
He was the founding director of the cias center for the analysis of personality and political behavior, where he took the lead in preparing the camp david. The political psychology of donald trump and his followers, intrigued me. The psychological assessment of political leaders with. The political psychology of donald trump and his followers 97816432181. With profiles of saddam hussein and bill clinton post, jerrold m. Leadership analysis and political psychology in the 21st century kenneth b. Political psychology is an interdisciplinary academic field dedicated to understanding politics, politicians and political behavior from a psychological perspective. Dreams of glory, jerrold post skilfully knits together indepth knowledge of psychoanalytic studies of the vicissitudes of selfesteem and the life stories of prominent people. Political psychology subfield reading list this list is meant not as a required list or even as a canon but rather as a list of books that some of us who consider ourselves political psychologists have found inspirational, fun or useful.
This awesome book ready for download, you can get this book now for free. It examines citizens vote choices and public opinion as well as how political leaders deal with threat, mediate political conflicts, and make foreign policy decisions. On the contrary, it argues for a special logic that characterizes. Post in the preceding chapter, martha crenshaw examines the proposition that terrorist reasoning follows logical processes. It is ranked 9th among political science journals and 14th of social psychology journals on a 5year impact factor. Political psychology applies what is known about human psychology to the study of politics. Jane mayer, writer for the new yorker in narcissism and politics. The title of jerrold post, md and stephanie doucettes book, dangerous charisma. Understanding the psychology of terrorism, however, can be invaluable in helping victims of terrorism work toward making sense of what they have been subjected to and why. The cias secret psychological profiles of dictators and.
Donald trump and his followers kindle edition by jerrold post, stephanie doucette. We contribute to a greater understanding of political psychology by 1 collecting data in a more systematic way for the intellectual community, 2 sensitizing students to the extent to which any intellectual discipline is socially constructed and is a work in progress, 3 heightening awareness of the political aspects of intellectual life, 4 exposing readers to the wide variety of diverse. D, is professor of psychiatry, political psychology, and international affairs, and director of the political psychology program at george washington university. Although early writings on the psychology of terrorism were based mostly in psychoanalytic theory e. Pdf, epubs, mobi, emagazines, epaper, ejournal and more.
Leadership analysis and political psychology in the 21st century. There were 300,000 downloads of manuscripts published in political psychology this year alone. He is the founder of the cias center for the analysis of personality and political behavior. Jerrold post, a psychiatrist who specializes in political psychology and who has considerable experience in the study and profiling of terrorists, is interviewed. Post elliott school of international affairs the george. When these worldviews are adopted and applied in order to interpret situations and guide action, they tend to take on a dynamics of their own, and may serve to dehumanize the enemy and justify atrocities.
Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world book. Using this situationismdispositionism frameworkwhich roughly parallels the concerns of social and cognitive psychologythis book focuses on such. Post is a pioneer in the field of politicalpersonality profiling. Post is professor of psychiatry, political psychology and international affairs and director of the political psychology program at george washington university. Introduction to political psychology psychology press free download introduction to political psychology. Post has devoted his entire career to the field of political psychology. Psychological assessment of political leaders by jerrold m. Historical antecedents of political violence, civil wars, revolutions, dictatorships or occupation may. Posts background as a 21 year veteran of the cia with a specialty in political personal profiling i was expecting for a deep and revealing exploration. The political psychology of donald trump and his followers book by jerrold post, stephanie doucette. Our focus on psychological dimensions, deemphasizes analysis of. Leadership analysis is the art of breaking down a leader into basic psychological components for study and use by academics and practitioners.
A number of psychology journals publish work i n the area of political psychology, but the f ocus in the top journals is often more on advancing psychological theory than on understanding. Situations, individuals, and cases provides a concise, readable, and conceptually organized introduction to the topic of political psychology by examining this very question. November 2002 the counterproliferation papers series was established by the usaf counterproliferation center to provide information and analysis to assist the understanding of the u. The first comprehensive textbook on political psychology, this userfriendly volume explores the psychological origins of political behavior. That being said, it is new to wrap these issues in the official psychological jargon from the dsm, the manual to diagnose behavioral disease. This chapter on terror ist psychology takes no issue with the proposition that terrorists reason logically. This is the final report of a threeyear project at george washington university district of columbia that was intended to develop an understanding of the knowledge and skills required of a political psychologist and to design a model interdisciplinary graduate curriculum in political psychology that could be exported to other universities. The second edition of the oxford handbook of political psychology gathers together a distinguished group of international scholars to. Jane mayer writer for the new yorker in narcissism and politics. Post came to george washington after a 21 year career with the central intelligence agency where he founded and directed the center for the analysis of personality and political behavior, an interdisciplinary behavioral science unit which provided assessments of foreign leadership and decision making for the. Mar 11, 2004 leaders and their followers in a dangerous world book. Political psychology is now ranked 12th of 148 journals in political science and 19th among 59 journals in social psychology.
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