Terror and Apocalypse Psychological Undercurrents of History Volume II

About the Book

Psychological Undercurrents of History, Volume II: Terror and Apocalypse explores the psychology of terrorism, apocalyptic violence, and trauma. What impels people to murder civilians with righteous impunity? How can people murder without remorse? What comprise the apocalyptic imagination and fantasies of cataclysmic destruction? The authors of this volume examine these questions in light of recent events, both to understand the phenomenon called terrorism, and the violence and madness pervading the nightmare of history.

About the Author

Jerry S. Piven, Ph.D. teaches in the Departent of Humanities and Social Sciences, New School University. Paul Ziolo, Ph.D. is professor of Pyschology at the Univeristy of Liverpool, England. Henry W. Lawton is a social worker and is President of the Interational Psychohistorical Association.