The radical redemption model: terrorist beliefs and narratives
What do convicted terrorists really believe when they say they committed their acts in the name of a higher authority? Combining oral history, social psychology, and historical research, Beatrice de Graaf explores the belief systems that underlie acts of religious terrorism. From interviews with ter...
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| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2024]
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| Sumario: | What do convicted terrorists really believe when they say they committed their acts in the name of a higher authority? Combining oral history, social psychology, and historical research, Beatrice de Graaf explores the belief systems that underlie acts of religious terrorism. From interviews with terrorist detainees from the Netherlands, Syria, Pakistan, and Indonesia-mostly jihadists and some right-wing extremists-de Graaf reconstructs life stories of surrender, struggle, sacrifice, and redemption. She unravels the nexus between extreme beliefs and terrorist activity, presenting a grounded theory of radical redemption, in which people commit acts of violence as personal, psychological quests for significance. De Graaf's analysis examines how these beliefs developed in individual cases, and what happened when the hoped-for redemption was not fulfilled. Ultimately, by focusing on the extreme beliefs of individuals, The Radical Redemption Model offers a new understanding of the elusive and perennial connection between religion and violence, and between radical beliefs and terrorism "This is the first volume in the Extreme Belief and Behavior Series. The purpose of the series is to defend, develop, and articulate a paradigm for studying extreme belief and behavior that has been insufficiently explored in the literature. The paradigm is built on five hypotheses that together distinguish this series from other work on extreme belief and behavior:" |
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| Notas: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 311-330 |
| Descripción Física: | xi, 343 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780197792469 |
