Extremism, Society, and the State : Crisis, Radicalization, and the Conundrum of the Center and the Extremes

Extremism, Society, and the State Crisis, Radicalization, and the Conundrum of the Center and the Extremes

"Extremism does not happen in a vacuum. Rather, extremism is a relative concept that often emerges in crisis situations, taking shape within the tense and contradictory relations that tie marginal spaces, state orders, and mainstream culture. This collected volume brings together leading anthro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loperfido, Giacomo (-)
Corporate Author: University of Bergen funder (funder)
Other Authors: Loperfido, Giacomo, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated 2021.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Critical Interventions: a Forum for Social Analysis Series
Subjects:
Radicalism.
Extreme behavior (Psychology)
State, The.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009818438506719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction The Enigma of Extremism
  • Getting Ready for the Dark Age s? Preppers, Populists and Climate Prophets: The Disintegration of Global Hegemony, PC Hysteria and the Deplorable Ugliness of Decline
  • Are We All Extremists Now?
  • How Boko Haram’s ‘Liminal’ Child Witches and Child Soldiers Challenge the Capitalist State An Animist Critique of Neo-Liberalism’s Ideology of ‘Extremism’
  • The Empire and the Barbarians Cosmological Laceration and the Social Establishment of Extremism
  • Suicide Bombing and Social Death
  • Retreat to the Future The Role of Apocalyptic Thought in Current Ethnonationalist Extremism
  • Extremism as Immanence and Process The Trump Transmutation

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