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The Psychology of Radicalization and Terrorism.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781315771984
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 303.625
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of figures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Stereotypes, prejudice, economic deprivation and discrimination -- Introduction -- Stereotypes, prejudice and personal contacts -- Stereotypes -- Metastereotypes -- Prejudice -- Personal contacts -- Economic deprivation and discrimination -- Contact and social isolation -- Social isolation -- Contact and prejudice -- Economic position and relative deprivation -- Economic position -- Relative deprivation -- Conclusions -- 3 Threats and their consequences -- Introduction -- Types of threat -- Some examples of threats -- Social threats: an analysis -- Cognitive effects -- Injustice -- Negative attitudes -- The role of education -- Uncertainty -- Emotional effects -- Fear -- Moral emotions -- Anger -- Aggression and revenge -- Contempt and disgust -- Hate -- Conclusions -- 4 Culture, social climate and catalyst events -- Introduction -- Culture -- Cultural values -- Global political-cultural climate -- Cultural symbols -- Social climate -- Material factors -- Economic and social conditions -- Catalyst events -- Conclusions -- 5 Individual factors: personality and demographics -- Introduction -- Personality -- Abnormal personality -- Authoritarianism and social dominance orientation -- Other personality traits -- Demographics -- Socioeconomic status -- Age -- Gender -- Marital status -- Conclusions -- 6 Social identity, polarization and collective action -- Introduction -- Social identity, self-esteem and belongingness -- Self-esteem -- Belongingness -- Outgroup homogeneity -- Social identity and emotions -- Majorities, minorities and social identity -- Threat and social identity -- Threat, values and polarization -- Threat and social action -- Conclusions -- 7 Social identity, ideology and religion -- Introduction.
Ideology, uncertainty and support for extremes -- Ideology and morality -- Right-wing ideology and extremism -- Left-wing ideology and extremism -- Religion, identity and ideology -- Fundamentalism and radicalization -- Religion and terrorism -- Martyrdom and suicide tactics -- Conclusions -- 8 From extremism to violence: small group processes, social support and justification -- Introduction -- Group polarization -- Groupthink -- Isolation and superiority -- The Internet and isolation -- Leaders -- Social support, rewards and role models -- Social support -- Social and material rewards -- Role models and imitation -- Justification processes -- Dehumanization -- Attribution of responsibility -- Conclusions -- 9 Paths to and from violent extremism -- Introduction -- Group performance and violence -- Violent versus non-violent groups -- Process models -- Disengagement and exit from terrorism -- The decline and end of terrorist groups -- Interventions to combat radicalism and terrorism -- Prevention and resilience -- General interventions -- Conclusions -- 10 Summary and conclusions -- Introduction -- Summary -- Threats as a starting point -- Threats: cultural and personal factors -- Social identity, ideology and radicalization -- From radicalization to violent groups -- Three forms of radicalism and terrorism -- De-radicalization programmes -- Where do we stand? -- Aspects of terrorism research -- Wrong questions -- Initial versus later stages of radicalization -- Explanation versus prediction -- Terrorism, hysteria and civil rights -- Conclusions -- Index.
Summary: This important book presents an overview of the processes involved in radicalization and terrorism, and introduces a systematic framework which captures the most crucial individual and social factors involved in determining these processes.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of figures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Stereotypes, prejudice, economic deprivation and discrimination -- Introduction -- Stereotypes, prejudice and personal contacts -- Stereotypes -- Metastereotypes -- Prejudice -- Personal contacts -- Economic deprivation and discrimination -- Contact and social isolation -- Social isolation -- Contact and prejudice -- Economic position and relative deprivation -- Economic position -- Relative deprivation -- Conclusions -- 3 Threats and their consequences -- Introduction -- Types of threat -- Some examples of threats -- Social threats: an analysis -- Cognitive effects -- Injustice -- Negative attitudes -- The role of education -- Uncertainty -- Emotional effects -- Fear -- Moral emotions -- Anger -- Aggression and revenge -- Contempt and disgust -- Hate -- Conclusions -- 4 Culture, social climate and catalyst events -- Introduction -- Culture -- Cultural values -- Global political-cultural climate -- Cultural symbols -- Social climate -- Material factors -- Economic and social conditions -- Catalyst events -- Conclusions -- 5 Individual factors: personality and demographics -- Introduction -- Personality -- Abnormal personality -- Authoritarianism and social dominance orientation -- Other personality traits -- Demographics -- Socioeconomic status -- Age -- Gender -- Marital status -- Conclusions -- 6 Social identity, polarization and collective action -- Introduction -- Social identity, self-esteem and belongingness -- Self-esteem -- Belongingness -- Outgroup homogeneity -- Social identity and emotions -- Majorities, minorities and social identity -- Threat and social identity -- Threat, values and polarization -- Threat and social action -- Conclusions -- 7 Social identity, ideology and religion -- Introduction.

Ideology, uncertainty and support for extremes -- Ideology and morality -- Right-wing ideology and extremism -- Left-wing ideology and extremism -- Religion, identity and ideology -- Fundamentalism and radicalization -- Religion and terrorism -- Martyrdom and suicide tactics -- Conclusions -- 8 From extremism to violence: small group processes, social support and justification -- Introduction -- Group polarization -- Groupthink -- Isolation and superiority -- The Internet and isolation -- Leaders -- Social support, rewards and role models -- Social support -- Social and material rewards -- Role models and imitation -- Justification processes -- Dehumanization -- Attribution of responsibility -- Conclusions -- 9 Paths to and from violent extremism -- Introduction -- Group performance and violence -- Violent versus non-violent groups -- Process models -- Disengagement and exit from terrorism -- The decline and end of terrorist groups -- Interventions to combat radicalism and terrorism -- Prevention and resilience -- General interventions -- Conclusions -- 10 Summary and conclusions -- Introduction -- Summary -- Threats as a starting point -- Threats: cultural and personal factors -- Social identity, ideology and radicalization -- From radicalization to violent groups -- Three forms of radicalism and terrorism -- De-radicalization programmes -- Where do we stand? -- Aspects of terrorism research -- Wrong questions -- Initial versus later stages of radicalization -- Explanation versus prediction -- Terrorism, hysteria and civil rights -- Conclusions -- Index.

This important book presents an overview of the processes involved in radicalization and terrorism, and introduces a systematic framework which captures the most crucial individual and social factors involved in determining these processes.

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