Understanding Islamist Terrorism in Europe - Lewis Herrington

Understanding Islamist Terrorism in Europe

Drugs, Jihad, and the Pursuit of Martyrdom
Buch | Hardcover
190 Seiten
2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-28152-6 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
This book argues that guilt, shame and remorse, associated with a history of substance abuse, explains why a minority of Islamist extremists carried out suicide terrorism in Europe between 2001 and 2018.
This book argues that guilt, shame, and remorse, associated with a history of substance abuse, explain why a minority of Islamist extremists carried out suicide terrorism in Europe between 2001 and 2018.

Since 9/11, Islamist terrorism has dominated the European security landscape, but there has been little systematic analysis of either the attacks or the men responsible. This book addresses that gap, drawing on terrorist discourse, court transcripts, elite interviews, government reports, and three years of ethnography to provide an exhaustive account of how and why Islamist terrorism has occurred in Europe. Making a detailed analysis of 48 terrorist attacks carried out by 80 suicide terrorists, the book introduces two new theories. The first argues that most of these men first engaged in Islamist extremism as an alternative to substance abuse. The second contends that, following a five-stage process of radicalisation, cognitive dissonance triggered guilt, shame, and remorse over previous misconduct. From this emotional distress, suicide terrorism emerged as a rational choice ahead of either suicide or a return to active addiction. This book argues that the root cause of suicide terrorism in Europe is not so much politics or religion but is more about personal crisis and a search for redemption.

This book will be of great interest to students of terrorism/counterterrorism, de-radicalisation, political Islam, and security studies in general.

Lewis Herrington teaches Politics of the Middle East at Regents University, UK.

Introduction 1. Defining martyrdom terrorism 2. Martyrdom terrorism in Europe 3. Who pursues martyrdom in Europe? 4. The fellowship of Islamic extremists 5. Radicalisation 6. Why men pursue martyrdom 7. Towards a theory of martyrdom terrorism in Europe Conclusions: Towards a counter-martyrdom strategy

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Studies in Countering Violent Extremism
Zusatzinfo 22 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 0-367-28152-X / 036728152X
ISBN-13 978-0-367-28152-6 / 9780367281526
Zustand Neuware
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