Jihadism in Scandinavia: Motivations, Experiences, and Change
This book is based on unprecedented interviews with active and former jihadists, even IS fighters. It focuses on the changing nature of jihad as a social phenomenon and how jihad changes jihadists. It argues that there are fascinating generational differences between jihadists’ ideas and behaviors. Moreover, it argues that jihad changes jihadists through socialization in jihadists groups. Indeed, radicalization continues in new forms after entering the conflict zone. Recognizing that jihadism is a complex social phenomenon and a discourse on religiously legitimized violence with deep roots in the history of Islam and Muslim societies, the book asks two simple questions. Why have some Muslims residing in the West taken up arms to enter the global battlefields of jihad? Have the motivations and experiences of different jihadists all been the same? To create a more coherent analysis than the article format allows, and to offer new insights, the author summarizes and further develops several years of research into jihadism. As gaining access to and conducting interviews—especially with active jihadists—often differs from standard interviews, much of the data were collected in a gray zone between more formal interviewing and ethnographic research. The empirical material, which is based on interviews with active and former jihadists, is unique. Moreover, the methodological reflections are unprecedented, and the project offers new analytical insights into jihadism with a focus on how jihadism and jihadists change.

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Jihadism in Scandinavia: Motivations, Experiences, and Change
This book is based on unprecedented interviews with active and former jihadists, even IS fighters. It focuses on the changing nature of jihad as a social phenomenon and how jihad changes jihadists. It argues that there are fascinating generational differences between jihadists’ ideas and behaviors. Moreover, it argues that jihad changes jihadists through socialization in jihadists groups. Indeed, radicalization continues in new forms after entering the conflict zone. Recognizing that jihadism is a complex social phenomenon and a discourse on religiously legitimized violence with deep roots in the history of Islam and Muslim societies, the book asks two simple questions. Why have some Muslims residing in the West taken up arms to enter the global battlefields of jihad? Have the motivations and experiences of different jihadists all been the same? To create a more coherent analysis than the article format allows, and to offer new insights, the author summarizes and further develops several years of research into jihadism. As gaining access to and conducting interviews—especially with active jihadists—often differs from standard interviews, much of the data were collected in a gray zone between more formal interviewing and ethnographic research. The empirical material, which is based on interviews with active and former jihadists, is unique. Moreover, the methodological reflections are unprecedented, and the project offers new analytical insights into jihadism with a focus on how jihadism and jihadists change.

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Jihadism in Scandinavia: Motivations, Experiences, and Change

Jihadism in Scandinavia: Motivations, Experiences, and Change

by Marco Nilsson
Jihadism in Scandinavia: Motivations, Experiences, and Change

Jihadism in Scandinavia: Motivations, Experiences, and Change

by Marco Nilsson

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This book is based on unprecedented interviews with active and former jihadists, even IS fighters. It focuses on the changing nature of jihad as a social phenomenon and how jihad changes jihadists. It argues that there are fascinating generational differences between jihadists’ ideas and behaviors. Moreover, it argues that jihad changes jihadists through socialization in jihadists groups. Indeed, radicalization continues in new forms after entering the conflict zone. Recognizing that jihadism is a complex social phenomenon and a discourse on religiously legitimized violence with deep roots in the history of Islam and Muslim societies, the book asks two simple questions. Why have some Muslims residing in the West taken up arms to enter the global battlefields of jihad? Have the motivations and experiences of different jihadists all been the same? To create a more coherent analysis than the article format allows, and to offer new insights, the author summarizes and further develops several years of research into jihadism. As gaining access to and conducting interviews—especially with active jihadists—often differs from standard interviews, much of the data were collected in a gray zone between more formal interviewing and ethnographic research. The empirical material, which is based on interviews with active and former jihadists, is unique. Moreover, the methodological reflections are unprecedented, and the project offers new analytical insights into jihadism with a focus on how jihadism and jihadists change.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783031138089
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 10/19/2022
Edition description: 1st ed. 2022
Pages: 266
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marco Nilsson is Associate Professor at Jönköping University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Interviewing Jihadists.- Chapter 3: Jihad as a Complex Social Phenomenon.- Chapter 4: Jihadism in Sweden.- Chapter 5: Jihadism in Norway.- Chapter 6: Jihadism in Denmark.- Chapter 7: The Changing Nature of Jihad.- Chapter 8: Cognitive Dissonance and Changing Motivations.- Chapter 9: Recruitment and Perceptions of Death.- Chapter 10: How Does Fighting Change Jihadists?.- Chapter 11: Conclusion.


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"​Marco Nilsson, one of the leading experts on jihadism in Scandinavia, tells the story of Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian jihadists. The book is based on eight years of original fieldwork in Gothenburg, Sweden, the center of jihadi activity in Scandinavia. The book offers a sophisticated and nuanced approach to jihadi rationale surpassing the basic “push and pull” narratives to explain how changing motivations are an essential part of jihad. The book offers first person, behind the scenes, look at why men joined and left jihadi groups. It also presents the wide variation discernible across the personalities and settings among jihadists and within radicalization more generally." (Mia Bloom, professor at Georgia State University – Author of Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror)

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