Loneliness and radicalization
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| Titel: | Loneliness and radicalization |
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| Autoren: | Tirkkonen, Sanna Karoliina, Tietjen, Ruth Rebecca |
| Weitere Verfasser: | Practical Philosophy |
| Quelle: | Philosophy & Social Criticism |
| Verlagsinformationen: | SAGE Publications, 2025. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2025 |
| Schlagwörter: | Radicalization, Social exclusion, Loneliness, social exclusion, Isis, marginalization, ISIS, terrorism, Hannah Arendt, Isolation, Philosophy, Extremism, Lone-actor terrorism, loneliness, radicalization, Terrorism, Marginalization, isolation, lone-actor terrorism, extremism |
| Beschreibung: | This article investigates experiences of loneliness in radicalization processes. The main aim is to develop an empirically grounded theory of loneliness in contemporary forms of radicalization. Starting from Hannah Arendt’s political theory, which posits loneliness as a breeding ground for terror, the analysis extends to a critical phenomenological approach that adopts the perspective of subjective experience while exploring how these experiences are embedded in specific social structures in contemporary societies. The article therefore bridges the gap between theoretical debates on (the politics of) loneliness and empirical research on the processes of radicalization, extremism, and terrorism. The focus is on two sets of cases: lone-actor terrorists and female Western affiliates of ISIS. The analysis reveals that while the fear of individual and collective extinction plays an important role for right-wing lone-actor terrorists, experiences of discrimination and marginalization are crucial in the case of Islamist radicalization in Western countries. |
| Publikationsart: | Article |
| Dateibeschreibung: | application/pdf |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 1461-734X 0191-4537 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/01914537251334550 |
| Zugangs-URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/595591 |
| Rights: | CC BY URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.doi.dedup.....c1e8d44dec27d0ab2ab3b1ccfcc1390f |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | This article investigates experiences of loneliness in radicalization processes. The main aim is to develop an empirically grounded theory of loneliness in contemporary forms of radicalization. Starting from Hannah Arendt’s political theory, which posits loneliness as a breeding ground for terror, the analysis extends to a critical phenomenological approach that adopts the perspective of subjective experience while exploring how these experiences are embedded in specific social structures in contemporary societies. The article therefore bridges the gap between theoretical debates on (the politics of) loneliness and empirical research on the processes of radicalization, extremism, and terrorism. The focus is on two sets of cases: lone-actor terrorists and female Western affiliates of ISIS. The analysis reveals that while the fear of individual and collective extinction plays an important role for right-wing lone-actor terrorists, experiences of discrimination and marginalization are crucial in the case of Islamist radicalization in Western countries. |
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| ISSN: | 1461734X 01914537 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/01914537251334550 |