Dr. Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

The Maternal Drama of the Chechen Jihadi Dr. Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

In The MATERNAL DRAMA of the CHECHEN JIHADI, Dr. Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin sheds light on the volcanic iceberg mentality of the Jihadi is a psychotic adaptation, a result of children having been treated as objects when they were infants. Underneath the frozen, cold image lies a seething cauldron of rage ready to explode. In this type of society children learn to repress their feelings. As a consequence, internal rage boils within the personality. On one hand, the mother is idealized as a powerful object. On the other hand, her power is perceived as toxic and must be destroyed. The MATERNAL DRAMA of the CHECHEN JIHADI is the first book to examine the impact of shaming practices on the crippling development of a personality, causing it to become radicalized later on to engage in jihad. The terrorist attacks carried out by Shamil Basayev are examined under a psychoanalytic lens shedding new light. The author proposes a unique way to decode his terrifying graphic attacks on a maternity hospital the Moscow Theatre and the Beslan school. The Chechen jihadi has become a brand into its own. These terrorists do not develop empathy due to the position of the devalued female in these shame honor cultures, (specifically Chechen culture and its warrior tradition.) The book also looks at the dysfunctional family dynamics of the Tsarnaev Brothers who carried out the triple Waltham Homicides at the Boston Marathon. A special chapter analyzes the crossover effect of jihadism's political violence jumps categories and ignites and fuels mass murder shooters and domestic violence's murder-suicide. The author also draws parallels to Somali jihadis such as Al Shabaab.