The idea that would-be terrorists suffer emotionally from being separated from friends, family, and society is consistent with the alienation view, loss of personality or identity of a person or collective, the process by which an individual becomes someone alien to himself, who has lost control over himself. In this sense, alienation is a process of transformation of consciousness that can occur both in a person and in a community. As a product of alienation, people behave contrary to what was expected of them because of their condition or nature.
