Citation

McCauley C, Moskalenko S. Am. Psychol. 2017; 72(3): 205-216.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/amp0000062

PMID

28383974

Abstract

This article reviews some of the milestones of thinking about political radicalization, as scholars and security officials struggled after 9/11 to discern the precursors of terrorist violence. Recent criticism of the concept of radicalization has been recognized, leading to a 2-pyramids model that responds to the criticism by separating radicalization of opinion from radicalization of action. Security and research implications of the 2-pyramids model are briefly described, ending with a call for more attention to emotional experience in understanding both radicalization of opinion and radicalization of action. (PsycINFO Database Record

(c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).

Language: en