The rage
Subtitle: the vicious circle of Islamist and far-right extremism
By: Julia Ebner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781788310321
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Radicalism; Terrorism; Islamic fundamentalism
Description: The early twenty-first century has been defined by a rise in Islamist radicalisation and a concurrent rise in far right extremism. This book explores the interaction between the 'new' far right and Islamist extremists and considers the consequences for the global terror threat. Julia Ebner argues that far right and Islamist extremist narratives - 'The West is at war with Islam' and 'Muslims are at war with the West' - complement each other perfectly, making the two extremes rhetorical allies and building a spiralling torrent of hatred - 'The Rage'. By looking at extremist movements both online and offline, she shows how far right and Islamist extremists have succeeded in penetrating each other's echo chambers as a result of their mutually useful messages. Based on first-hand interviews, this book introduces readers to the world of reciprocal radicalisation and the hotbeds of extremism that have developed - with potentially disastrous consequences - in the UK, Europe and the US.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Inside extremist groups; title: You hate me and I hate you; title: The age of rage; title: Exploring rage with empathy; title: 1. The end of a collective illusion; title: The leaning tower of Jenga; title: Extremist storytellers; title: Stories of wars; title: Wars of stories; title: 2. The global jihadist insurgency; title: A brief history of Islamist extremist ideas; title: The new Islamist extremist wave; title: 3. The far-right renaissance; title: A brief history of far-right ideas; title: The new far-right wave; title: 4. Identity politics; title: From fear to rage; title: The global identity crisis; title: Victims and demons; title: Islamist identity politics; title: Far-right identity politics; title: 5. The media; title: i-Propaganda and #Mobilisation; title: The #Mosul effect; title: Sensationalism; title: The perceptual gap; title: Alternative facts; title: Fake news; title: Inside the bubble; title: 6. Escalating extremes; title: Two sides of the same coin; title: Self-fulfilling prophecy; title: Trump's gift to ISIS; title: Tit-for-tat; title: 7. Geography of hate; title: The UK's spiralling violence effect; title: France's identity wars and militant secularism; title: Germany's Nazi-Salafi heartlands; title: United States: white supremacism and religious wars; title: 8. Breaking the vicious circle; title: What next?; title: Mobilising the middle; title: Saving the fringes; title: Critical thinking, courage and creativity; title: Epilogue: in the eye of a hate storm.