TY - BOOK ID - 77411634 TI - Rational extremism: the political economy of radicalism PY - 2006 SN - 0521859646 9780521859646 9780511511028 9781107407220 0511250037 9780511250033 9780511250545 0511250541 0511247893 9780511247897 0511511027 9781107167469 1107167469 9786610703562 6610703566 9780511248979 0511248970 1107407222 1280703563 0511319223 0511249527 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Group identity KW - Political violence KW - Radicalism KW - Terrorism KW - #SBIB:321H81 KW - #SBIB:321H91 KW - #SBIB:324H72 KW - #SBIB:327.5H20 KW - Violence KW - Political crimes and offenses KW - Collective identity KW - Community identity KW - Cultural identity KW - Social identity KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Social psychology KW - Collective memory KW - Acts of terrorism KW - Attacks, Terrorist KW - Global terrorism KW - International terrorism KW - Political terrorism KW - Terror attacks KW - Terrorist acts KW - Terrorist attacks KW - World terrorism KW - Direct action KW - Insurgency KW - Subversive activities KW - Terror KW - Extremism, Political KW - Ideological extremism KW - Political extremism KW - Political science KW - Westerse politieke en sociale theorieën vanaf de 19e eeuw : nationalisme, corporatisme, fascisme, nationaal socialisme, rechtsextremisme, populisme KW - Niet-specifieke politieke en sociale theorieën vanaf de 19e eeuw: islam, Arabisch nationalisme KW - Politieke verandering: conflictlijnen, nationalisme/federalisme KW - Vredesonderzoek: algemeen KW - International movements KW - Microeconomics KW - Economic order KW - Radicalism. KW - Political violence. KW - Terrorism. KW - Group identity. KW - Business, Economy and Management KW - Economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77411634 AB - Extremists are people whose ideas or tactics are viewed as outside the mainstream. Looked at this way, extremists are not necessarily twisted or evil. But they can be, especially when they are intolerant and violent. What makes extremists turn violent? This 2006 book assumes that extremists are rational: given their ends, they choose the best means to achieve them. The analysis explains why extremist leaders use the tactics they do, and why they are often insensitive to punishment and to loss of life. It also explains how rational people can be motivated to die for the cause. The book covers different aspects of extremism such as revolution, suicide terrorism, and global jihad. The arguments are illustrated with important episodes of extremism, including the French Revolution, the rise of nationalism in Yugoslavia under Milosevic, and the emergence of suicide terror and Al Qaeda today. ER -