ISBN:
9781108911825
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (378 pages)
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DDC:
303.48/4
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Explore the world of radicalization through the stories of those who switched between extreme political or religious ideologies.
Kurzfassung:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Betraying the Cause?: Side-Switching and Violent Extremism -- 1.1 Extremism -- 1.2 Radicalization, Radicalism, and Being a Radical -- 1.3 Ideology -- 1.4 Milieu vs. Group -- 1.5 Methodology -- 1.6 Switching Sides in Context: What Do We Know So Far? -- 1.6.1 Social Identity Theory -- 1.6.2 The Devoted Actor Theory, Sacred Values, Terrorism, and Social Identity -- 1.6.3 Terrorism and Violent Extremism -- 1.6.4 Civil War Studies -- 1.7 A Mystery, Still -- 2 Nation, Race, and Anti-Semitism: Switching to Far-Right Extremism -- 2.1 Horst Mahler -- 2.2 Iris Niemeyer -- 2.3 Julian Fritsch - ''MaKss Damage'' -- 2.4 Virtual Confessions and Digital Debates -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Joining the Far Left -- 3.1 Christine and Klaus Dieter Hewicker, Odfried Hepp, and Left-Wing Anti-Imperialist Currents in 1980s German Right-Wing Terrorism -- 3.2 Ray Hill -- 3.3 Tim Hepple -- 3.4 Matthew Collins -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4 Fighting on the Path of Allah: Joining Islamic Extremism from the Far Right and Far Left -- 4.1 Sascha Lemanski -- 4.2 Bernhard Falk, aka ''Muntasir bi-Ilah'' -- 4.3 David Myatt -- 4.4 Extremist Converts in Court -- 4.4.1 Emerson Begolly -- 4.4.2 Devon Arthurs -- 4.5 Bringing in the Afterworld: Peculiarities of Side-Switching Involving Religion -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 Who Are Extremist Side-Switchers and What Drives Them?: Toward a Theory of Motivations and Defector Life Cycles -- 5.1 The ''Why'' of Ideological Transmission: Conflicts and Frustration -- 5.2 The ''What'' of Ideological Transmission: Charting Ideological Highways between Milieus -- 5.3 The ''How'' of Ideological Transmission for Extremist Side-Switchers: Activism vs. Learning.
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