The path to extreme violence: Nazism and serial killers
In people’s minds, extreme violence is an enigma. The tortures inflicted on defenceless victims seem to defy reason. Yet, the fact that these incidents keep recurring is proof that there are rules governing them. It is these rules that I have attempted to isolate. We shall see that they ar...
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| description | In people’s minds, extreme violence is an enigma. The tortures inflicted on defenceless victims seem to defy reason. Yet, the fact that these incidents keep recurring is proof that there are rules governing them. It is these rules that I have attempted to isolate. We shall see that they are clearly defined and that they are to be found in individual as well as collective violence. To categorise them is the first step towards implementing preventative measures which would help to protect the rational majority from a dangerous minority. Practice and theory are inextricably linked in the analysis of ‘organised insanity’ that is extreme violence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76b2e8f7fb6d4856823c9b97cafb028c2022-12-22T00:31:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532010-01-01310.3389/neuro.08.061.2009720The path to extreme violence: Nazism and serial killersPhilippe Cotter0Geneva International Academic NetworkIn people’s minds, extreme violence is an enigma. The tortures inflicted on defenceless victims seem to defy reason. Yet, the fact that these incidents keep recurring is proof that there are rules governing them. It is these rules that I have attempted to isolate. We shall see that they are clearly defined and that they are to be found in individual as well as collective violence. To categorise them is the first step towards implementing preventative measures which would help to protect the rational majority from a dangerous minority. Practice and theory are inextricably linked in the analysis of ‘organised insanity’ that is extreme violence.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.08.061.2009/fullpsychopathyauthoritarian personalityextreme violencepsychohistorytrigger event |
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| title | The path to extreme violence: Nazism and serial killers |
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