Nativist and Islamist Radicalism: Anger and Anxiety

by Ayhan Kaya (Editor), Aysenur Benevento (Editor), Metin Koca (Editor)

Overview

This book analyses the factors and processes behind radicalisation of both native and self-identified Muslim youths. It argues that European youth responds differently to the challenges posed by contemporary flows of globalisation such as deindustrialisation, socio-economic, political, spatial, and psychological forms of deprivation, humiliation, and structural exclusion.

The book revisits social, economic, political, and psychological drivers of radicalisation and challenges contemporary uses of the term “radicalism”. It argues that neoliberal forms of governance are often responsible for associating radicalism with extremism, terrorism, fundamentalism, and violence. It will appeal to students and scholars of migration, minority studies, nationalisms, European studies, sociology, political science, and psychology.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000888775
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/10/2023
Series:	Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	596 KB

About the Author

Ayhan Kaya is Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Chair of European Politics of Interculturalism in the Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey.

Ayşenur Benevento works as a postdoctoral researcher in the European Research Council advanced grant project, PRIME Youth, conducted at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey.

Metin Koca works as a postdoctoral researcher in the European Research Council advanced grant project, PRIME Youth, conducted at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Spatial Deprivation and Local Contexts

1. Please, Don’t Blame Us: It Is Possible to Be Both Muslim and a Good Citizen in a Catholic Country

2. Alternative für Deutschland's Appeal to Native Youth in Dresden: Heritage Populism

3. The Interplay of Psychological Stress, Aggression, Identity, and Implicit Knowledge: Findings from a Qualitative Study of Disengagement and Deradicalisation Processes involving Former Right-Wing Extremists

Part II: Mental Processes of Radicalisation

4. Islamophobia and Radicalisation: When Attitudes of Both Mainstream Society and Immigrant-Origin Muslims Become Extreme

5. Radicalisation, Extremism, or A Third Position?: How French Muslim Women Engage with the Challenges of Assimilation and Difference

6. Is It Radical for a Woman to Become a Stay-at-Home Mother or Wear a Headscarf?

Part III: Critical Analyses of Islamist Radicalisation

7. Risking Muslims: Counter-Radicalisation Policies and Responses of Dutch Muslims to the Racialization of Danger

8. The Radicalisation of Moroccan-Origin Youth in Europe: The Case of France

9. Religiosities in a Globalised Market: Migrant-Origin Muslim Europeans' Self-Positioning Beyond the Sending and Receiving States’ Politics of Religion

10. Commentary: Why Extremism?

Epilogue