Thèse

Understanding Islamist terrorism in Europe : drugs, jihad and the pursuit of martyrdom / Lewis Herrington

Type de contenu

• Texte

Type de médiation

• sans médiation

Type de support

• Volume

Titre(s)

• Understanding Islamist terrorism in Europe : drugs, jihad and the pursuit of martyrdom / Lewis Herrington

Auteur(s)

• Herrington, Lewis (1979-....)

Publication

• London New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2022

Description matérielle

• 1 vol. (XI-189 p.) : ill., graph., tabl. ; 25 cm

Collection

• Routledge studies in countering violent extremism

ISBN

• 978-0-367-28152-6
• 0-367-28152-X
• 978-1-03-204025-7
• 1-03-204025-4

EAN

• 9780367281526 rel.

Appartient à la collection

• Routledge studies in countering violent extremism

Classification décimale Dewey

• 327.117 094

Note sur les bibliographies et les index

• Bibliogr. p. [176]-186. Notes bibliogr. Index

Note sur le contenu

• Defining martyrdom terrorism Martyrdom terrorism in Europe Who pursues martyrdom in Europe? The fellowship of Islamic extremists Radicalisation Why men pursue martyrdom Towards a theory of martyrdom terrorism in Europe

Note de thèses et écrits académiques

• Texte remanié de Doctoral thesis Politics and international relations University of Warwick 2015 Incubating extremist terrorism : the UK islamic fundamentalist movement, 1989-2014

Résumé ou extrait

• "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. 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/counter-terrorism, de-radicalisation, political Islam and security studies in general." (p. de garde)

Sujet - Nom commun

• Terrorisme -- Aspect religieux -- Islam
• Intégrisme islamique
• Terrorisme -- Europe
• Sacrifice humain -- Aspect religieux -- Islam
• Kamikazes (attentats-suicides) -- Psychologie
• Djihad

Forme, genre ou caractéristiques physiques

• Études de cas

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