Tom Pyszczynski
Tom Pyszczynski is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Human Factors Research director for the university's Homeland Security Center. He and his colleagues Jeff Greenberg and Sheldon Solomon developed "terror management theory" in the mid-1980s, which suggests that the human needs for self-esteem and faith in one's cultural worldview function to protect people from deeply rooted existential fear. He, Greenberg and Solomon are co-authors of In the Wake of 9/11: The Psychology of Terror, the Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology, and the forthcoming, Worm at the Core.
Breaking Through the Angry Minority’s Roadblock to Peace
Opinion: A psychologist regrets that angry minorities from all sides of the Mideast conflict seem intent on drowning out calls for peace supported by the majority of the communities they claim to represent.
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