Una aproximación conceptual y práctica al fenómeno del terrorismo suicida: El caso de Hezbollah

Abstract

Islamist suicide terrorism is difficult to understand, especially in secularized Western societies, where the most common form of assume it is as a demented act devoid of any form of rationality andrelated to religious fanaticism. However, these actions need an organizational framework, defined goals and a rationality that considers costs and benefits. This article presents an analysis of this phenomenon, from its conceptual and practical dimensions, in the case of Hezbollah, a movement that has resorted to suicide terrorism as a tactical tool in the development of their struggle to achieve political objectives, not only in Lebanon but outside the troubled and volatile Middle East.