Dimo Ivanov
E-mail: d.ivanov@rndc.bg
Dimo Ivanov is an assistant professor, PhD Candidate, Land Force Chair, Command and Staff Department in Rakovski National Defense College. Secretary of Research Centre for Extremism and Terrorism of Rakovski National Defense College. Member of the "Security and Defense" section of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria. His research interests are in psychology, security and defense, countering radicalization, extremism, terrorism, and the use of security system formation and structuring in crisis response operations.
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The article is aimed at presenting the connection between the science of psychology and the phenomenon of terrorism. It reveals the importance of personality socialization and the need for a sense of belonging. It also discloses the stages of susceptibility to radicalization at an individual level and at the level of a nuclear family in the stages of personality development. Moreover, it presents the reasons for the emergence of family terrorism and the inculcated belief that martyrdom is of high moral value. It presents martyrdom as a problem that must find its solution before many children become victims of a certain type of terrorism, be it on a religiously motivated basis.
terrorism, family terrorism, radicalization, conscious choice, religiously motivated terrorism, personality crisis, stages of personality development, nuclear family, martyrdom.
Ivanov, D. (December 2023). Family Terrorism or a Conscious Choice. Security and Defense(2), 23-35. https://institute.nvu.bg/sites/default/files/inline-files/2023-2-02-ivanov.pdf
Ivanov, Dimo. "Family Terrorism or a Conscious Choice." Security and Defense (Vasil Levski National Military University Publishing Complex), № 2 (December 2023): 23-35.
Ivanov, D., 2023. Family Terrorism or a Conscious Choice. Security and Defense, December, Issue 2, pp. 23-35.
Ivanov, Dimo. "Family Terrorism or a Conscious Choice." Security and Defense 2 (2023): 23-35. <https://institute.nvu.bg/sites/default/files/inline-files/2023-2-02-ivanov.pdf>.
