Collective emotions and political violence : narratives of Islamist organisations in western Europe /
How do collective actors move from moderate politics to (violent) extremism? Faced with high risks of repression and implosion, they need to legitimate such radical change to keep members and followers committed to collective action. Drawing on the texts, audios and videos of five Islamist organizat...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
[2023].
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| Series: | New approaches to conflict analysis.
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| Summary: | How do collective actors move from moderate politics to (violent) extremism? Faced with high risks of repression and implosion, they need to legitimate such radical change to keep members and followers committed to collective action. Drawing on the texts, audios and videos of five Islamist organizations in the United Kingdom and Germany in the 2000s and 2010s, the book develops a transdisciplinary theoretical framework and innovative methodological approach to explore how radical changes in activism are mediated. Clément argues that political violence has to feel right, as a collective, for an organization and its followers to move from moderate activism to (violent) extremism. She shows that organizations mediate this change by performing collective emotions in and through narrative. The book offers a provocative and nuanced account which departs from conventional interpretations of radicalization and reminds us of the power of emotions. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1526167697 9781526167699 |