altruism and fatalism: the characteristics of palestinian suicide terrorists

Authors: Pedahzur A.1; Perliger A.1; Weinberg L.2

Source: Deviant Behavior, Volume 24, Number 4, July-August 2003 , pp. 405-423(19)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Over the last decade, the suicide method became one of the most prevalent tactics of Palestinian Terrorism in Israel. Who are these people, willing to sacrifice their lives in such an act, and what drives them to do such things? In our present analysis, we answer these questions, while relying on the concepts of altruistic and fatalistic suicide from Durkheim's typology of suicide behavior. Based on a newly established database compiled for this purpose-which includes information based on suicide, as well as non-suicide--Palestinian suicide terrorists from 1993 until the beginning of 2002, fit the "altruistic" type as well as some elements from the "fatalistic" and represent a combination of both types; thus they can be labeled under a new category of "fatalistic altruistic" suicide.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel 2: University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, USA

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