Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Fundamentalism, Radicalisation and Terrorism - Paperback

by Jessica Yakeley (Editor), Paul Cundy (Editor)

This book brings together psychoanalysts who study radicalisation, fundamentalism, and terrorism, and explores the mindset and motivations of those who perpetuate these violent acts within the context of the wider group dynamics of minority populations. This book was originally published as two special issue of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Author Biography

Jessica Yakeley is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy and Director at the Portman Clinic, London, UK, and Associate Medical Director of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. She is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society, London, UK and Editor of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Paul Cundy is a Consultant Adult Psychotherapist and a Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Lead at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. He is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Leicester, UK and Assistant Editor of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.