Essays about: "Radicalization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the word Radicalization.

  1. 1. To What Extent Have Incels been Recognized as a Threat in Need of Securitization? : In the Case of the United States, Canada and Europe

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Melissa Jonsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Incels; Securitization; Involuntary Celibates; Security; Logic of Routine;

    Abstract : Involuntary celibates (Incels) are an online community of men who struggle to find sexual and romantic relationships. Some members of the Incel community have increasingly become extreme misogynists and have committed lethal attacks across North America and Europe in response to their sexual frustration and loneliness. READ MORE

  3. 2. BASED, REDPILLED, AND FPBP. Examining identification through discursive/affective practices on 4chan/pol/

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Henrik Bergius; [2022-02-08]
    Keywords : Affect; Discourse; 4chan; Fascism; Radicalization; Disciplining; Online political space;

    Abstract : In a political landscape increasingly more influenced by far-right populism, the potential for political projects aiming to expand democracy is challenged. With the internet becoming an important arena for political discussion, this begs the question of how online spaces function as politically radicalizing. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Quiet Part Out Loud - Conspiracy theories and the rhetoric among activists in Sweden related to the Coronavirus pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Felix Adolfsson; [2022]
    Keywords : anti-vaccination; Covid-19; digital environments; stigmatized knowledge; democracy; far-right ideology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with a set of organized activist movements during the harshest restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden. These groups protested both online and offline against imposed restrictions and vaccinations, displaying a critical attitude towards recommendations and restrictions such as by gathering in large crowds. READ MORE

  5. 4. "Inscrire la vulnérabilité au centre du pacte politique” : Towards a radical feminist reconceptualization of vulnerability through the critical juxtaposition of Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory and Martha Fineman’s legal philosophy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Ariadni Polychroniou (Polichroniou); [2022]
    Keywords : Vulnerability; Dependency; Resilience; Precarity; Feminist Philosophy; Judith Butler; Martha Fineman; Responsive State; Performative Resistance;

    Abstract : This Master Thesis focuses on the theoretical reconstruction of a positive feminist conceptualization of vulnerability via the thorough systematization and critical comparison of Martha Fineman’s socio-legal philosophy and Judith Butler’s poststructuralist ethico-political theory. In the introductory remarks, the reader becomes familiar with the turbulent receptions and numerous interdisciplinary re-artications of the term vulnerability within the realms of contemporary feminist theory. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Listening to the Terrorists” - On the Role of Religion behind Islamist Terrorism : A qualitative Analysis of the Radicalization Processes of Islamist Terrorists

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Liane Bossenmaier; [2022]
    Keywords : Islamist Terrorism; Radicalization; Religion; Autobiographical Case Analysis;

    Abstract : Understanding the motives behind Islamist terrorist attacks is not only relevant for the field of politics but preoccupies research within academia. One of the most debated is certainly the role of religion. READ MORE