Radicalization and Disengagement in Neo-Nazi Movements - Social Psychology Perspective

This book provides extensive in-depth studies of the process of entering into, participating in and ultimately exiting the neo-Nazi movement, with an empirical focus on the US and Sweden.

Sommario

1. Contextualizing the book 2. Method, methodology and theoretical perspectives 3. From rowdy skinheads to middle-aged parents 4. Geographies of hate and childhood memories 5. Schooling and radicalization 6. Violence and masculinity 7. Changing attitudes toward violence and ideology 8. Disengaging from the neo-Nazi movement 9. The desire to belong: the ethos of neo-Nazism 10. Conspiracy theories¿At the heart of the neo-Nazi movement 11. Conclusions 12. Appendix: the informants

Info autore

Christer Mattsson is the director of the Segerstedt Institute at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the coauthor, with Thomas Johansson, of Life Trajectories into and out of Contemporary Neo-Nazism: Becoming and Unbecoming the Hateful Other (2020).
Thomas Johansson is professor of pedagogy, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Riassunto

This book provides extensive in-depth studies of the process of entering into, participating in and ultimately exiting the neo-Nazi movement, with an empirical focus on the US and Sweden.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Johansson, Johansson Thomas, Christer Mattsson, Christer Johansson Mattsson
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9780367714574
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71457-4
• Pagine: 152
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Countering Violent Extremism
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Politics & government, Social, group or collective psychology, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution