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Extremism.

Berger, J. M.

Extremism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (218 pages) - The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series . - The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series .

Intro -- CONTENTS -- SERIES FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 DELENDA EST -- The First Extremists? -- The Dark and Middle Ages -- The New World -- The Twentieth Century and Beyond -- 2 WHAT IS EXTREMISM? -- A Bestiary of Extremists -- Extremism: A Working Definition -- Extremism as a Spectrum -- Additional Reading -- 3 IN-GROUPS AND OUT-GROUPS -- Defining the In-Group -- Defining the Out-Group -- Case Study: British Israelism -- Dividing the In-Group -- Case Study: Heresiology -- The Epistemology of Identity -- 4 CRISES AND SOLUTIONS -- Case Study: The Extremist Template -- Crises -- Case Study: The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion -- Solutions -- Case Study: The Spook Who Sat by the Door -- The Extremist Equation -- 5 RADICALIZATION -- Individuals and Groups -- Group Radicalization -- Individual Radicalization -- Grievances -- Why Radicalization Happens -- Why Extremist Ideology Works -- 6 THE FUTURE OF EXTREMISM -- Social Media -- Uncertainty -- Countering Extremism -- Conclusion -- GLOSSARY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- ABOUT AUTHOR.

What extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can escalate into violence.

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Radicalism.
Political violence.


Electronic books.

HN49.R33 .B474 2018

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