Sos-440: Terrorism Final Project

IntroductionTerrorism is one dark truth of the present world; ironically it is spreading rapidly and claims numerous lives while justifying its acts of barbarism. Terrorism as a term was coined during the French Revolution’s reign of Terror (1793-1794) CITATION Jon13 \l 1033 (Matusiz, 2013 ). The term was first used by the Jacobins to portray their explanations and validate their actions. Since then the practice is prevalent and is been taking place in the different corner of the world in some form or the other. Hypothesis: There are different hypothesis under which Terrorism can be studied, here we discuss the narcissistic rage hypothesis, this hypothesis is related with the childhood development of the terrorist. This studies the mentally-ill approach of the terrorist which starts at the childhood. The basis of this approach considers a child as "grandiose" at a certain stage which gives them the feeling of power and in the absence of getting to practice that opportunity during the childhood they try to access on growing up, on growing up such children loose complete control over their rage. Studies say that, ‘the grandiose self produces the individuals who are sociopathic, arrogant and lacking