7

The technological revolution has changed the social bonds and the relationship to the self. The polyphony of information simplifies meaning and promotes rumor. Emotivity takes precedence over the meaning of the encounter. It leaves individuals in a certain state of confusion and in search of ideological models. Institutions are prey to a form of disorganization, with a denial of psychic suffering. Hyperactivity or withdrawal are the only possible answers. The virtual world, in an addictive way, compensates for the loss of meaning by making it possible to construct borrowed identities and to find an ideological prosthesis. The informational salience of communication contributes to the erasure of speech. It generates an existential confusion and attempts to find a solution in internet addiction. It is within this framework that the adherence to terrorist movements can be understood.