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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Studying Involuntary Celibacy : Understanding Incels.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Celibacy.
- Incels.
- Sex (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- Moving beyond sensationalist portrayals of incel violence, this volume offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the incel subculture-tracing its ideological development, gendered dimensions, and online dynamics-while proposing pathways for disengagement and future research into radicalization and social alienation.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Clamor
- Introduction
- Overview and Structure of This Book
- Why Study Incels and Why the Multidisciplinary Approach?
- Data for Some of the Chapters
- Structure of This Book
- Conclusion
- Chapter 1: History, Background, and the Ideology of Involuntary Celibates
- A Brief History to the Present
- Incel Ideology
- Incel Terminology
- Chapter 2: Boys in Crisis: The Development of Incel Mindsets in Youth
- Reinforcing Anti-Women Rhetoric: Andrew Tate's Misogyny
- The Offline Impact of Digital Misogyny and Hypermasculine Influencers
- Conservative Political Pundits Appeal to the Manosphere
- Chapter 3: Incels, Gender, and Mass Shootings
- Case Examples
- George Sodini
- Elliot Rodger
- Chris Harper-Mercer
- Scott Beierle
- Armando Hernandez Jr.
- Mauricio Garcia
- Misogynist Incel Mass Shooters: The Commonalities
- Conclusion: Recommendations
- Chapter 4: Taking the "Black Pill": Anomie, Perceived Social Death, and the Incel Phenomenon Online
- Literature Review
- Incels
- Durkheim's Anomie and the Incel Movement
- Methodology
- Findings
- Loss of Social Identity-Exclusion, Loneliness, and Rejection
- Social Isolation
- The Powerless Body or the Disintegration of the Body
- Social Death and Physical Death
- Chapter 5: Unrequited Love Hurts: Rejection, Resentment, and Reconciliation in the Manosphere
- Implications of Incels' Rejection of Forgiveness and Gendered Conflict
- Do Incels Know What They Are Missing Out On?
- Getting Over Rejection and the Role of Forgiveness
- Anger and Emotional Self-Harm
- The Role of Anger, Resentment, and Love in Incel Identity
- The Rejection of Forgiveness in Incel Ideology.
- Pathways to Healing: Love, Responsibility, and Repair
- Conclusion: From Resentment to Repair
- Chapter 6: Incels and Social Exchange Theory
- Social Exchange Theory
- Masculinity in Inceldom
- Incels and Social Exchange Theory
- Method
- Ascension via Sex Versus Intimacy
- Chapter 7: An Empirical Assessment of Incel Radicalization and Political Extremism in the United States
- Incel Radicalization
- Incel Extremism
- Current Study
- Methods
- Identifying Incel Extremists in PIRUS
- Results
- Propensity to Engage in Violent Extremism.
- The Role of Internet and Social Media in Radicalization.
- Social and Demographic Characteristics
- Criminal Behavior, Mental Health, and Substance Use History
- Explaining the Differences in Propensity to Engage in Violent Extremism
- Chapter 8: Incels and Popular Culture
- Films That Incels Cite as Influential
- TV and Films About Incels
- Incels Mentioned in Popular Culture: Television, Movies, Memes
- Recommendations
- Chapter 9: After the Echo Chamber: Exploring Radical Approaches to Understanding the Internet and Inceldom
- The "Echo Chamber" and the Explanation of Online Incel Politics
- The Echo Chamber and the Assumption of Homophily
- Incel Research and the Role of the Internet
- A Radical Alternative Approach to Understanding the Internet in Inceldom
- Affect and Desire Within Incel Communities
- Desire and Incel Fascism
- Internet Forums and the Disruptive Power of Hypertext and Search Engines
- Desire and Societies of Control
- Catastrophizing and the Desire for Suffering
- After the Echo Chamber
- Chapter 10: Females Can Be Incels?
- Chapter 10: Examining the Femcel Movement
- Similarities Between Incels and Femcels
- Differences Between Incels and Femcels
- Recommendations for Future Research.
- Chapter 11: Queering Incel Subculture
- Masculinity and Homophobia
- What Are the Existing Discourses?
- Chapter 12: (Un)Forgiveness in the Manosphere: Navigating Anger and Resentment in Incel Culture
- Theoretical Framework
- Psychological and Sociological Theories on Anger, Resentment, and Forgiveness
- Conflict Management and Forgiveness
- Coding Toxic Masculinity and Its Role in Anger and Resentment
- The Manosphere and the Role of Incels
- Incel Ideology and Identity
- Overlap with Dominant Culture
- The Blurred Lines: Incel Culture and Mainstream Masculinity
- Conclusion: Laura L. Finley
- Index
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8188-883-1
- 979-82-16-26911-3
- OCLC:
- 1574806095
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