RT Article
T1 Retaliation in rebellion: the missing link to explaining insurgent violence in Dagestan
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 29
IS 4
SP 573
OP 592
A1 Ratelle, Jean-François
A2 Souleimanov, Emil 1978-
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1870956257
AB This article posits that the remnants of archaic sociocultural norms, particularly the honour-imposed custom of retaliation, play a crucial role in the process of insurgent engagement in Russia's autonomous republic of Dagestan. Through a series of interviews with former insurgents, this study outlines two retaliation-centred mechanisms: “individual retaliation” and “spiritual retaliation” in order to explain the microcosm of motives behind insurgent activity in Dagestan. In doing so, this study problematizes the role of Salafi/Jihadist ideology as the main impetus for insurgent violence. Reversing the traditional causal link between violence and religion, this study also demonstrates that the development of Jihadist ideology is a by-product of insurgent mobilization rather than its cause.
NO Gesehen am 23.11.2023
NO Published online: 17 Mar 2015
K1 Civil War
K1 Dagestan
K1 Insurgency
K1 North Caucasus
K1 Retaliation
K1 Russia
DO 10.1080/09546553.2015.1005076