Killing for the sake of infamy: The herostratos syndrome and what to do about it

Jean Paul Azam; Mario Ferrero

doi:10.1515/peps-2016-0022

Killing for the sake of infamy: The herostratos syndrome and what to do about it

Jean Paul Azam
, Mario Ferrero

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Abstract

The Herostratos syndrome affects some people who perpetrate odious attacks for the sake of infamy. We suggest that this sheds some useful light to explain the wave of mass killing going on in Europe and North America, including school shootings and Jihadist terrorism, within a game-theoretic framework. The analysis points out that policies aimed at countering this type of violence should focus on trivializing these attacks and reducing the publicity that they get in the media.

Lingua originale	Inglese
pagine (da-a)	357-364
Numero di pagine	8
Rivista	Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
Volume	22
Numero di pubblicazione	4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2016-0022
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 1 dic 2016
Pubblicato esternamente	Sì

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