Violence in the Name of Honor: The Psychology Behind Honor, Sexuality, Religion, and Terror

Honor killings are rare, but they particularly shock us. Jan Ilhan Kizilhan sheds light on the backgrounds of concepts of honor, violence, and prevention in his book. In cooperation with the women's representative of the city of Heilbronn. Although so-called honor killings make up only a small part of homicide offenses in this country, they disturb us deeply, and we are hardly able to understand them rationally and emotionally. There is no need for discussion about condemning the murders and punishing the perpetrators. Rather, Jan Ilhan Kizilhan's book attempts to explore this "system" of "honor," "honor killings," blood revenge, and terrorist violence, so that preventive actions can be appropriately directed with the goal of ensuring that such violent acts do not occur in the future. In cooperation with the women's representative of the city of Heilbronn.