Citation

Fiorhxo E. Terrorism 1979; 2(3-4): 261-270.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979)

DOI

10.1080/10576107908435437

PMID

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Abstract

The author, after a short premise in which the phenomenon under examination is analyzed on the basis of the study of individual motivations, considers, in the context of the present Italian moral crisis, the social and interpersonal factors that violent terrorism generate. The inquiry then moves on to attempt to identify the aims of terrorism through the observation of the subsequent phases through which it develops. After a short survey of some sociological and psychological theories of the causes of the phenomenon, the author concludes that the problem of terrorism cannot be solved through the threat of more serious sanctions for the crimes committed but through the reorganization and restructuring of the state, and the elimination of the insecurity and tension that are among the main causes of the phenomenon.

Language: en