RT Article
T1 Confluences of Street Culture and Jihadism: The Spatial, Bodily, and Narrative Dimensions of Radicalization
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 35
IS 6
SP 1373
OP 1388
A1 Linge, Marius
A2 Sandberg, Sveinung 1977-
A2 Tutenges, Sébastien
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1855949369
AB Research on the new crime-terror nexus has focused on examining the confluences of criminal and jihadist milieus. This article contributes to this research, using insights from criminological theory and analyzing data from interviews with Muslim men who have been exposed to jihadism and have a background in street life and crime. We propose that the connection between street crime and jihadism can be seen in three decisive points of confluence: places, bodies, and narratives. We show how specific places (e.g. prisons) enable the encounter between particular bodies (e.g. violently competent bodies) and the engagement or disengagement with certain extremist narratives (e.g. stories of redemption through violence). The crime-terror literature emphasizes that these points of confluence are sources of radicalization. We expand upon this by arguing that they may also serve as venues for resisting or rejecting politico-religious extremism. The study demonstrates that radicalization is only one possible outcome of the confluences between street culture and jihadism.
K1 Narrative
K1 Habitus
K1 Space
K1 Radicalization
K1 Jihadism
K1 Street culture
K1 Crime-terror nexus
DO 10.1080/09546553.2022.2042269