Psychology of the Extreme

The Psychology of the Extreme provides an accessible introduction to extremism as a force that can affect all aspects of culture and people's choices in everyday settings.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Extremist Dynamics. Chapter 2: Good Extremism, Bad Extremism. Chapter 3: Assessing Your Own Extremism. Chapter 4: Extremism Then and Now. Chapter 5: Narratives of Extremism.
Chapter 6: Mental Health and Extremism. Chapter 7: Extremism in the Social Context. Chapter 8: Love's Extremes. Chapter 9: Little things that count. Chapter 10: Inviting Extremism to Tea.

About the author

Arie W. Kruglanski is Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland and a co-founding PI at START, the national center of excellence for the study of terrorism and the response to terrorism.
Sophia Moskalenko is a Research Fellow at Georgia State University and a Program Management Specialist at the UN Office of Counter Terrorism, Behavioral Insights Hub.

Summary

The Psychology of the Extreme provides an accessible introduction to extremism as a force that can affect all aspects of culture and people’s choices in everyday settings.

Product details

• Authors: Arie W. Kruglanski, Arie W. (University of Maryland) Moska Kruglanski, Kruglanski Arie W., Sophia Moskalenko, Moskalenko Sophia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032751184
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275118-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: The Psychology of Everything
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, Addiction & therapy, Psychotherapy, The self, ego, identity, personality, Terrorism, armed struggle, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Social, group or collective psychology, Addiction and therapy, Groups & group theory, Groups and group theory