Criminal and violent acts committed by a section of the people against the Society, Humanity and the Government to get their demands accepted is known as Terrorism. In other words, terrorism takes place when some section the people adopts violent means to change the democratic set up or to get their demands fulfilled.
Among many faces of the terrorism, following are the few to be named:- Sabotage, Assassinations, Hijacking of planes, Kidnappings and Exploding Bombs etc. The purpose is to create panic in the minds of the people.
Causes of Terrorism are dissatisfaction over certain issues:- There may always be some difference of disagreement between persons, societies, regions, different parts of the world which plays vital role in promoting terrorism. Sometimes terrorism takes birth due to religious. Technological Development: - development in science and technology has given us several destructive and improved arms and ammunitions, for example, atomic bomb. Injustice and Exploitation motive:- The poor and less developed are still being exploited by the so called advanced sectors. Many think that the system can be set right by means of terrorism and muscle power.
Basic features of terrorism are that it is always undemocratic, unlawful, barbaric and unethical. Besides it is an unacceptable measure to create a psychological impact in the minds of society. Main aim is to do things by hook.
What is more, it has a great impact in the society, in the economy, in the ethnic values.
Ways and means to control the terrorism:- First to inculcate strong public opinion, the problem like this should be made familiar to everyone. There should not be any compromise. Exemplary punishment must be awarded to them. Armed forces and the organizations engaged in preventing this type of activity should be equipped with modern and improved version of weapons. Those countries that are assisting such barbaric acts should be isolated. Communal harmony is another essential requirement to counter the terrorism.
Can psychology, the study of the mind, tell us what motivates terrorists and how they differ from you and me? Scientifically, it's a serious task, since terrorists don't volunteer for psychological studies.
Anger without guilt.
For 30 years, Rona Fields, has been psychologically testing terrorists. She thinks "Their definition of right and wrong is very black-and-white. "There's a total limitation to think for themselves."
A terrorist develops gradually from a young age. The boys (typically aged 10 to 16).
These true believers, she adds, "are angry, but they don't feel guilty about their anger."
Highly rational?
"They are rational, they are not insane," "they have goals and they are moving towards those goals," says another psychologist.
Not only terrorists are not crazy, but they don't share a personality type. "No work on terrorist psychology has ever succeeded in revealing a particular psychological type or uniform terrorist mindset." Still, terrorists tend to have low self-esteem, are attracted to groups with charismatic leaders, and enjoy risk.
An example of terrorism could be the unneccesary bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1945, came the American plane in the sky over Hiroshima, dropping the first atomic bomb, leaving perhaps 100,000 Japanese dead, and tens of thousands more slowly dying from radiation poisoning. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, with perhaps 50,000 killed. The justification for these cruelties was that this would end the war quickly, making unnecessary an invasion of Japan. Such an invasion would cost a huge number of lives, but these estimates of invasion losses were not realistic.
Among many faces of the terrorism, following are the few to be named:- Sabotage, Assassinations, Hijacking of planes, Kidnappings and Exploding Bombs etc. The purpose is to create panic in the minds of the people.
Causes of Terrorism are dissatisfaction over certain issues:- There may always be some difference of disagreement between persons, societies, regions, different parts of the world which plays vital role in promoting terrorism. Sometimes terrorism takes birth due to religious. Technological Development: - development in science and technology has given us several destructive and improved arms and ammunitions, for example, atomic bomb. Injustice and Exploitation motive:- The poor and less developed are still being exploited by the so called advanced sectors. Many think that the system can be set right by means of terrorism and muscle power.
Basic features of terrorism are that it is always undemocratic, unlawful, barbaric and unethical. Besides it is an unacceptable measure to create a psychological impact in the minds of society. Main aim is to do things by hook.
What is more, it has a great impact in the society, in the economy, in the ethnic values.
Ways and means to control the terrorism:- First to inculcate strong public opinion, the problem like this should be made familiar to everyone. There should not be any compromise. Exemplary punishment must be awarded to them. Armed forces and the organizations engaged in preventing this type of activity should be equipped with modern and improved version of weapons. Those countries that are assisting such barbaric acts should be isolated. Communal harmony is another essential requirement to counter the terrorism.
Can psychology, the study of the mind, tell us what motivates terrorists and how they differ from you and me? Scientifically, it's a serious task, since terrorists don't volunteer for psychological studies.
Anger without guilt.
For 30 years, Rona Fields, has been psychologically testing terrorists. She thinks "Their definition of right and wrong is very black-and-white. "There's a total limitation to think for themselves."
A terrorist develops gradually from a young age. The boys (typically aged 10 to 16).
These true believers, she adds, "are angry, but they don't feel guilty about their anger."
Highly rational?
"They are rational, they are not insane," "they have goals and they are moving towards those goals," says another psychologist.
Not only terrorists are not crazy, but they don't share a personality type. "No work on terrorist psychology has ever succeeded in revealing a particular psychological type or uniform terrorist mindset." Still, terrorists tend to have low self-esteem, are attracted to groups with charismatic leaders, and enjoy risk.
An example of terrorism could be the unneccesary bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1945, came the American plane in the sky over Hiroshima, dropping the first atomic bomb, leaving perhaps 100,000 Japanese dead, and tens of thousands more slowly dying from radiation poisoning. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, with perhaps 50,000 killed. The justification for these cruelties was that this would end the war quickly, making unnecessary an invasion of Japan. Such an invasion would cost a huge number of lives, but these estimates of invasion losses were not realistic.
