A clear and present danger for the 21st century -- The rise of contemporary violent Islamist extremism: the threat and the response -- Significance quest theory of radicalization -- Other theories of radicalization -- Empirical evidence for significance quest theory -- Profiles in violent extremism -- The deradicalization process -- Can rehabilitation last? On preventing reradicalization -- Assessing radicalization and deradicalization -- Epilogue: The long shadow of violent extremism.
Summary:
Based on rare field research with terrorists, this ground breaking book delineates the drivers of radicalization and develops a deradicalization model to mitigate contemporary terrorism. Radicalization arises from individuals' needs, ideological narratives, and support networks. Individuals' need for significance and mattering, when conjoined to a narrative that advocates violence as a path to significance and a network that socially validates the narrative, creates a combustible psychological mixture that threatens social stability and global peace.
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