radicalization
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Radicalization (or radicalisation), also known as extremization (or extremisation), is the process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly radical views in opposition to a political, social, or religious status quo. The ideas of society at large shape the outcomes of radicalization. Radicalization can result in both violent and nonviolent action – academic literature focuses on radicalization into violent extremism (RVE) or radicalisation leading to acts of terrorism. Multiple separate pathways can promote the process of radicalization, which can be independent but are us
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- Definitions
- European Union
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Denmark
- UNESCO
- Varieties and commonalities
- Islamic
- Right-wing
- Left-wing
- Role of the Internet and social media
- Algorithmic radicalization
- Mutual aid
- Leading theories
- McCauley and Mosalenko
- Individual-level factors
- Personal grievance
- Group grievance
- Slippery slope
- Love
- Risk and status
- Unfreezing
- Group-level factors
- Polarization
- Isolation
- Competition
- Mass radicalization
- Jiujitsu politics
- Hatred
- Martyrdom
- Barrett
- Ideologues
- Combatants
- Criminals
- Pragmatists
- Soldiers
- Misconceptions
- Poverty
- Mental illness
- Prevention and de-radicalization
- See also
- Notes
- Sources
- Further reading
Radicalization (or radicalisation), also known as extremization (or extremisation), is the process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly radical views in opposition to a political, social, or religious status quo. The ideas of society at large shape the outcomes of radicalization. Radicalization can result in both violent and nonviolent action – academic literature focuses on radicalization into violent extremism (RVE) or radicalisation leading to acts of terrorism. Multiple separate pathways can promote the process of radicalization, which can be independent but are usually mutually reinforcing.
Radicalization that occurs across multiple reinforcing pathways greatly increases a group's resilience and lethality. Furthermore, by compromising a group's ability to blend in with non-radical society and to participate in a modern, national or international economy, radicalization serves as a kind of sociological trap that gives individuals no other place to go to satisfy their material and spiritual needs.