TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Terrorism from a Swedish perspective T2 - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 28 (No. 1, 2019), pp. 025-030. N2 - Terrorism is a worldwide phenomenon, as the >Global terrorism index< reveals. The aim of terrorism is to take command over our feelings and our imagination to compel us to change our ways of life and release a clash between civilizations. In my discussion, I will concentrate on identity, an individual’s feeling of being unique, having a coherent self while at the same time being part of a large group. My intention is to link the concept of identity to affects and thinking and the loss of reality-testing when the group is dominated by schizo-paranoid anxiety. Two lines of thought stand out in my discussion of terrorism – the power of identity and the search for meaning – both of which are affected by globalization, the rise of a network society, and disenchantment with the world. Y1 - 2019 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-Fromm/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36208 ER -