Becoming Jihadis

Radicalization and Commitment in Southeast Asia

Julie Chernov Hwang (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2023
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-765301-2 (ISBN)

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Why does someone join an extremist group? What are the pathways via which individuals join such groups? How does one show commitment to an extremist group? Why does someone participate in acts of terrorism? Drawing on 175 interviews with current and former members of Islamist extremist groups in Indonesia and the Philippines, Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization and Commitment in Southeast Asia answers these questions by exploring the socio-emotional underpinnings of joining an extremist group. This book argues that social ties play a critical role at every juncture in the joining process, from initial engagement to commitment to participation in jihad experiences, paramilitary training, and terrorism. It unpacks the process by which members build a sense of community, connection, solidarity, and brotherhood; how they come to trust and love one another; and how ideology functions as a binding agent, not a cause.

Becoming Jihadis draws its conclusions from broad patterns data based on nearly a decade of iterated interviews with current and former members of Islamist extremist groups between 2010 and 2019, as well as partial life histories detailing the journeys of men and women who joined Indonesian and Filipino extremist groups. This book makes a unique contribution to the literature on terrorism and radicalization for students, practitioners, and policymakers.

Julie Chernov Hwang is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Goucher College. She is the author of Why Terrorists Quit: the Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists and Peaceful Islamist Mobilization in the Muslim World: What Went Right. Her articles have been published in Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Psychology, Asian Security, Asian Survey, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia Research, the Monkey Cage, Asia-Pacific Issues, Lawfare, and the CTC Sentinel.

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Tables & Diagrams
Introduction
Chapter 1: Motivations
Chapter 2: Internal Pathways: Kinship and Schools
Chapter 3: External Pathways: Study Sessions, Conflict, Prisons and Social Media
Chapter 4: Commitment
Chapter 5: Jihadi Activism
Conclusion
Glossary

Erscheinungsdatum	15.03.2023
Reihe/Serie	Causes and Consequences of Terrorism
Zusatzinfo	10
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	235 x 158 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-765301-4 / 0197653014
ISBN-13	978-0-19-765301-2 / 9780197653012
Zustand	Neuware