The radical redemption model : terrorist beliefs and narratives / Beatrice de Graaf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graaf, Beatrice de, author.

Series:

Extreme belief and behavior series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Extreme belief and behavior series

Oxford scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Radicale verlossing. English

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Psychological aspects.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Terrorists--Psychology.

Terrorists.

Terrorists--Religious life.

Radicalism--Religious aspects.

Radicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

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 - the author 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.

Notes:

Translated from the Dutch.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 30, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-779247-2

0-19-779249-9

0-19-779248-0

OCLC:

1478699800