ATS1701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Irreversible Process, Liberal Democracy, Cultural Capital
25 May 2018
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Lecture - 2 - week 2 - radicalisation and disengagement
- social networks that radicalise
- individuals radicalised in different ways - causes problems for counter
terrorism - to prevent radicalisation
- radicalisation does not necessary mean violence - or lead to terrorism
• radical ideologies
• diverse meanings of radicalisation
- radicalisation does not equate to violence
- radicalisation is a process - not an irreversible process
- radicalisation can be personally empowering
• gives purpose
• changes life from mundane - provides meaning
• wanting to protect the weak
- social networks play an important role
- violence against those with whom some individuals primarily identity often
radicalises
- violence tends to come into the contexts of liberal democracies because
political change and decision making is supposed to occur through other means
- period of radicalisation now takes less time - previously took years -
significantly condensing
- radicalisation vs reform in politics
• use of the term radical - distinguishes it from reform
• radical looking for more comprehensive change
• reform - not such dramatic change -
• radicalisation - degrees of change in society - social, political cultural and
religious - resulting in a radical departure of what currently exists
• not all will lead to violence
• extremism and radicalisation - separate term
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o radicals believe in pluralism - different points of view
o extremism is typically related to actions that lie beyond the moral
and political centre of society
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▪ see themselves as the only ones that hold the truth -
anything that goes against this is inherently threatening
▪ good vs evil
- sprinzak - delegitimatisation
• crisis of confidence
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o write letters, engage in demonstrations - not enough - either
withdraw or continue - other forms of protest - small minority
• conflict of legitimacy
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o - choose violence to implement change - government initially
viewed as enemy - those who disagree are viewed as enemies -
when violence is chosen
• crisis of legitimacy
- wright-neville - dashed expectations
- radicalisation as an interactive process
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Document Summary
Lecture - 2 - week 2 - radicalisation and disengagement. Individuals radicalised in different ways - causes problems for counter terrorism - to prevent radicalisation. Radicalisation does not necessary mean violence - or lead to terrorism radical ideologies: diverse meanings of radicalisation. Radicalisation is a process - not an irreversible process. Radicalisation can be personally empowering: gives purpose, wanting to protect the weak changes life from mundane - provides meaning. Violence against those with whom some individuals primarily identity often radicalises. Violence tends to come into the contexts of liberal democracies because political change and decision making is supposed to occur through other means. Period of radicalisation now takes less time - previously took years - significantly condensing. Sprinzak - delegitimatisation crisis of confidence: write letters, engage in demonstrations - not enough - either withdraw or continue - other forms of protest - small minority conflict of legitimacy.
