“The Psychology of Terrorism: Q&A with John Horgan”

The Scientific American reprints their interview with psychologist and terrorism expert John Horgan following the attacks in Paris on November 13^th. “An issue I find problematic right now is the idea that to prevent terrorism, we have to first prevent radicalization… There are far more people who hold “radical” views than will ever become involved in terrorism, and there are plenty of terrorists (who are already small in number – a point we tend to forget) who don’t initially hold radical views but drift into terrorism regardless.”

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