1 Introduction Grievance-based violence comes in many forms. The phenomenon labelled variably as terrorism, political violence, or violent extremism is one of them. Scholarship in this field has for years pointed to the importance of grievances in the process towards violent action, yet in-depth engagement with grievances is only starting to pick up. This special issue…
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Ma thèse en 180 secondes: Université de Lausanne
Un mardi… en 2001…les tours jumelles s’effondrent. Tout le monde s’en souvient. Après ce tragique 11 septembre, on nous a fait croire – même dans le monde académique – que tenter de comprendre reviendrait à justifier, à excuser. Mais comment trouver des solutions à un problème sans une analyse approfondie de ses causes? J’ai voulu comprendre. Et…
SRF Club: IS-Terror in Moskau
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Politico-ideological violence: Zooming in on grievances
Most studies on politico-ideological violence (PIV) recognize the importance of socio-political and economic grievances, but they rarely analyse them in depth. I argue that this is symptomatic of a tendency of depoliticization in radicalization research in the post 9/11 context and suggest that the study of PIV may benefit from putting greater emphasis on the…
Politico-ideological violence and mobilisation in the Arab World: All in (Routledge, 2023)
This book presents a study of politico-ideological mobilisation and violence by focusing on the life stories, trajectories and narratives of individuals who mobilised for causes and conflicts in the Arab World. It provides a greater understanding of the biographical, sociological, political and historic factors pertinent for their radicalisation processes. What makes individuals identify with suffering…