Causes of devastating violence in the multiple generation perspective Development and motives of Anders Behring Breivik

摘要

The mother of Anders Behring Breivuk already grew up in an institution and later in a socially borderline family with the stigma that she was to blame for the disabling poliomyelitis of her own mother. This background formed the unconscious motivation in the mother for her assumption that her unborn son Anders bore sadistic impulses against her. The history of Anders Behring Breivik is reconstructed. It becomes clear that as a young man he had a disastrous balance: personal, professional and political failures led to the development of strong feelings of jealousy and revenge towards the members of the Workers Party, who seemed to have everything which he lacked. This resulted in the devastating bomb attac on the seat of government and the horrific massacre of 69 young party members on the island of Utoya. The motives for the crime are reconstructed under a multiple generation perspective, in which the family and also the sociodynamic factors are illuminated.