I have now posted on the first part of Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us by Clark McCauley and Sophia Moskalenko. This section has covered the how individuals are radicalised. Future posts will look at how groups move towards extremism, and then how entire nations can likewise go in that ugly direction.
Type of mechanism | Mechanism | Case studies | Vridar post |
Individual | Personal Grievance | Andrei Zhelyabov Fadela Amara |
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Individual | Group Grievance | Vera Zazulich Theodore Kaczynski (Unabomber) John Allen Muhammad (Washington sniper) Clayton Waagner (abortion providers) Ayman Al-Zawahiri Bin Laden |
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Individual | Slippery Slope | Adrian Michailov Omar Hammami (Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki) Bin Laden |
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Individual | Love | Sophia (Sonia) Perovskaya & Andrei Zhelyabov Amrozi bin Nurhasyim (smiling terrorist) Bin Laden |
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Individual | Risk and Status | Alexander Barannikov Leon Mirsky Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal (Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi) Bin Laden |
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Individual | Unfreezing | Sophia Andreevna Ivanova (Vanechka) Muhammad Bouyeri |
Unfreezing. Gateway to Radicalisation (Comparing Cults and Terrorist Groups Once More) |
Group | Group Polarization |
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Group | Group Competition | ||
Group | Group Isolation | ||
Mass | Jutitsu Politics | ||
Mass | Hatred | ||
Mass | Martyrdom |
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