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 organisa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| 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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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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 organisations in the UK 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 organisation and its followers to move from moderate activism to (violent) extremism. She shows that organisations 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 radicalisation and reminds us of the power of emotions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (black and white). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781526167682 1526167689 9781526167705 1526167700 |