TY - JOUR T1 - Terrorism and right-wing extremism: the changing face of terrorism and political violence in the 21st century: the virtual community of hatred. A1 - Post,Jerrold M, PY - 2015/3/12/entrez PY - 2015/3/12/pubmed PY - 2016/12/15/medline SP - 242 EP - 71 JF - International journal of group psychotherapy JO - Int J Group Psychother VL - 65 IS - 2 N2 - There are no psychological characteristics or psychopathology that separates terrorists from the general population. Rather it is group dynamics, with a particular emphasis on collective identity that helps explain terrorist psychology. Just as there is a diverse spectrum of terrorisms, so too is there a spectrum of terrorist psychologies. Four waves of terrorism can be distinguished: the Anarchist wave, associated with labor violence in the United States in the late 19th century; the Anti-Colonial wave (nationalist-separatist), with minority groups seeking to be liberated from their colonial masters or from the majority in their country; the New Left wave (social revolutionary); and now the Religious wave. With the communications revolution, a new phenomenon is emerging which may presage a fifth wave: lone wolf terrorists who through the Internet are radicalized and feel they belong to the virtual community of hatred. A typology of lone wolf terrorism is proposed. SN - 1943-2836 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/25760786/Terrorism_and_right_wing_extremism:_the_changing_face_of_terrorism_and_political_violence_in_the_21st_century:_the_virtual_community_of_hatred_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -