The Psychological Resources of Terrorism According to French Philosopher Andr Glucksmann

Abstract

The religious fundamentalist terrorism makes its presence felt yet again, in Europe as well in other parts of the globe. It is therefore important to find out what are its psychological resources. To this end, we have studied the thematic analyses written by the French specialist in political philosophy, André Glucksmann. The particularities of Glucksmann's research are the ironic-essayistic and the fact that he guides his conclusions after presenting fictional literary characters from the classical universal literature. It is our conclusion that, in such cases, the presentation of unique literary characters, representative for an idea, can be more relevant than the presentation of several empirical facts.