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Violence, politics and religion : a general theory of violent radicalization / Sergio García-Magariño.
Author
García Magariño, Sergio
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
©2024
Description
xii, 159 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
Radicalism
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Religious aspects
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Radicalism
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Prevention
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Political violence
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Religious aspects
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Political violence
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Prevention
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Radicalism
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Religious aspects
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Case studies
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Radicalism
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Prevention
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Case studies
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Political violence
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Religious aspects
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Case studies
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Political violence
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Prevention
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Case studies
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Series
Cass series on political violence
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Political Violence
Summary note
"This book offers a general theory of violent radicalization and uses case studies from a variety of different countries and groups to illustrate this. The first and fundamental objective of the book is to provide an explanatory framework to understand phenomena related to violent radicalization, deradicalization, the prevention of radicalization and to political violence; in particular, that inspired by religion. The second objective follows from the first. Understanding violent radicalization of religious inspiration implies delving into two key concepts: violent radicalization and religion. This second objective is indeed elusive, since, on the one hand, many liberal democracies have undergone processes of secularization or, at least, have lost interest in examining religion in public debates. Therefore, rigorously exploring social problems where religion seems to be involved, in one way or another, is complicated. Moreover, the notion of violent radicalization, in turn, is highly contested and confused with other ideas, such as polarization, extremism, terrorism or nonviolent radicalization. Finally, the book aims to bring theory into dialogue with empirical phenomena, and to test it against concrete cases related to violent radicalization and its prevention, on the one hand, and religion, on the other. The book's originality comes from both its innovative methodological approach and its breadth, with cases from several countries (Spain, the United States, Ireland, India, Israel, Russia and Colombia) and different ideological groups (revolutionary communists, nationalist movements, Jihadist groups, white and black supremacists). This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and political violence, radicalisation, sociology and International Relations in general"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part one. Theoretical and methodological foundations
The importance and challenges of studying religion in modern society
Factors related to violent radicalization: the macro, the meso and the micro
Towards an empirically based theory on the nature of violent radicalization: moral structure, community and jihadism
Part two. Case studies
Comparative analysis of different types of violent radicalization: from ETA, the IRA and the FARC, to the American extreme right
The pseudo-religious narrative of Silicon Valley
Part three. Prevention and deradicalization
The role of individual and territorial indicators: the strange
Connection between the socioeconomic structure of neighborhoods and terrorism
Prevention programs and deradicalization: the shift towards resilience
Theory in action: programs around the notions of 'moral structure' and 'community'.
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ISBN
9781032557939 (hardcover)
1032557931 (hardcover)
9781032557946 (paperback)
103255794X (paperback)
LCCN
2023051489
OCLC
1406406713
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