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Radicalization in Theory and Practice - Understanding Religious Violence in Western Europe (Paperback)
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Radicalization in Theory and Practice - Understanding Religious Violence in Western Europe (Paperback)
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Radicalization is a major challenge of contemporary global
security. It conjures up images of violent ideologies, "homegrown"
terrorists and jihad in both the academic sphere and among security
and defense experts. While the first instances of religious
radicalization were initially limited to second-generation Muslim
immigrants, significant changes are currently impacting this
phenomenon. Technology is said to amplify the dissemination of
radicalism, though there remains uncertainty as to the exact weight
of technology on radical behaviors. Moreover, far from being
restricted to young men of Muslim heritage suffering from a feeling
of social relegation, radicalism concerns a significant number of
converted Muslims, women and more heterogeneous profiles (social,
academic and geographic), as well as individuals that give the
appearance of being fully integrated in the host society. These new
and striking dynamics require innovative conceptual lenses.
Radicalization in Theory and Practice identifies the mechanisms
that explicitly link radical religious beliefs and radical actions.
It describes its nature, singles out the mechanisms that enable
radicalism to produce its effects, and develops a conceptual
architecture to help scholars and policy-makers to address and
evaluate radicalism-or what often passes as such. A variety of
empirical chapters fed by first-hand data probe the relevance of
theoretical perspectives that shape radicalization studies. By
giving a prominent role to first-hand empirical investigations, the
authors create a new framework of analysis from the ground up. This
book enhances the quality of theorizing in this area, consolidates
the quality of methodological enquiries, and articulates security
studies insights with broader theoretical debates in different
fields including sociology, social psychology, economics, and
religious studies.
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