Open AccessSociopathic Aspects of Waging War in “Islamic State” Terrorist Group
Author(s) -
Екатерина Кузьминична Агеенкова,
Natallia Fedorovna Нreben
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
islamovedenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-0302
pISSN - 2077-8155
DOI - 10.21779/2077-8155-2021-12-2-45-56
Subject(s) - ideology , terrorism , cruelty , islam , state (computer science) , sadistic personality disorder , psychology , criminology , sociology , presentation (obstetrics) , law , political science , psychoanalysis , personality , history , medicine , computer science , politics , personality disorders , archaeology , algorithm , radiology
In modern publications on the activities of ISIS terrorist group, its ideology is most often viewed as a version of Islam, modified and distorted from the perspective of extremism. However, a perverse human nature, that can be defined as sociopathy, is also revealed in the nature of execu-tions by a number of ISIS fighters. The article presents the results of a medical and psychological analysis of the discourse of official information materials of this group, i. e. videos with graphic vio-lence. Analysis of these messages showed that they promote super-cruelty and revealed that execu-tioners take a delight therein. The materials contain, firstly, a self-presentation of a tendency to-wards sadism, secondly, a focus on attracting people with personal deformities to their ranks, and, thirdly, provoking manifestations of sadistic inclinations in people and changing the moral state of modern society. The article provides a psychological, psychiatric and legal assessment of ISIS execu-tioners.