Encountering extremism: Theoretical issues and local challenges

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Recent years have seen the proliferation of discourses surrounding extremism and related terms. Encountering Extremism offers readers the opportunity to interrogate extremism through a plethora of theoretical perspectives, and to explore counter-extremism as it has materialised in plural local contexts. Through offering a critical interrogation along these two planes – the theoretical and the local – Encountering Extremism presents a unique, in-depth and critical analysis of a profoundly important subject. This book seeks to understand, and expose the implications of, a fundamental problematic: how should scholars and strategists alike understand the contemporary shift from counter-terrorism to counter-extremism?Starting with a genealogical reflection on the discourse and practices of extremism, the book brings together authors examining the topic of extremism, countering extremism and preventing extremism from different theoretical perspectives, such as critical terrorism studies, postcolonialism and gender studies. It then turns to analyses of the specific consequences of this new discourse in international and local contexts such as the United Nations, Nigeria, Tunisia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Spain.

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Front matter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Encountering extremism: A critical examination of theoretical issues and local challenges
pp 1-18
- By Alice Martini, Kieran Ford, Richard Jackson
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Part I - What's in a name?: Theoretically deconstructing extremism
pp 19-20
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1 - Interrogating the concept of (violent) extremism: A genealogical study of terrorism and counter-terrorism discourses
pp 21-39
- By Chin-Kuei Tsui
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2 - Conceptualising violent extremism: Ontological, epistemological and normative issues
pp 40-54
- By Sondre Lindahl
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3 - Knowledge, power, subject: Constituting the extremist/moderate subject
pp 55-73
- By Mariela Cuadro
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4 - The lone (white) wolf, ‘terrorism’ and the suspect community
pp 74-97
- By Mariela Breen-Smyth
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5 - The personal is political: Feminist critiques of countering violent extremism
pp 98-115
- By Jessica Auchter
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6 - A peace studies approach to countering extremism: Do counter-extremism strategies produce peace?
pp 116-135
- By Kieran Ford
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7 - What is an educational response to extreme and radical ideas and why does it matter?
pp 136-156
- By Aislinn O'Donnell
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Part II - Extremism, countering extremism and preventing extremism: From theory to international and local challenges
pp 157-158
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8 - Legitimising countering extremism at an international level: The role of the United Nations Security Council
pp 159-179
- By Alice Martini
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9 - International PVE and Tunisia: A local critique of international donors' discourses
pp 180-199
- By Guendalina Simoncini
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10 - Communication as legitimation in Spanish CVE: Bringing lessons from the past
pp 200-220
- By Laura Fernández de Mosteyrín
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11 - Extremists or patriots?: Racialisation of countering violent extremism programming in the US
pp 221-246
- By Priya Dixit
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12 - The CVE paradox: Inapplicability and necessity in Bosnia Herzegovina
pp 247-266
- By Tanya Dramac Jiries
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13 - Drivers or decoys?: Women and the narrative of extremist violence in Pakistan
pp 267-286
- By Afiya Shehrbano Zia
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14 - The Mayor of Abuja and the ‘Pied Piper’ of Maiduguri: Extremism and the ‘politics of mutual envy’ in Nigeria?
pp 287-308
- By Akinyemi Oyawale
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Index
pp 309-311
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Contents

Front matter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Contributors
pp vii-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

Introduction: Encountering extremism: A critical examination of theoretical issues and local challenges
pp 1-18

Part I - What's in a name?: Theoretically deconstructing extremism
pp 19-20

1 - Interrogating the concept of (violent) extremism: A genealogical study of terrorism and counter-terrorism discourses
pp 21-39

2 - Conceptualising violent extremism: Ontological, epistemological and normative issues
pp 40-54

3 - Knowledge, power, subject: Constituting the extremist/moderate subject
pp 55-73

4 - The lone (white) wolf, ‘terrorism’ and the suspect community
pp 74-97

5 - The personal is political: Feminist critiques of countering violent extremism
pp 98-115

6 - A peace studies approach to countering extremism: Do counter-extremism strategies produce peace?
pp 116-135

7 - What is an educational response to extreme and radical ideas and why does it matter?
pp 136-156

Part II - Extremism, countering extremism and preventing extremism: From theory to international and local challenges
pp 157-158

8 - Legitimising countering extremism at an international level: The role of the United Nations Security Council
pp 159-179

9 - International PVE and Tunisia: A local critique of international donors' discourses
pp 180-199

10 - Communication as legitimation in Spanish CVE: Bringing lessons from the past
pp 200-220

11 - Extremists or patriots?: Racialisation of countering violent extremism programming in the US
pp 221-246

12 - The CVE paradox: Inapplicability and necessity in Bosnia Herzegovina
pp 247-266

13 - Drivers or decoys?: Women and the narrative of extremist violence in Pakistan
pp 267-286

14 - The Mayor of Abuja and the ‘Pied Piper’ of Maiduguri: Extremism and the ‘politics of mutual envy’ in Nigeria?
pp 287-308

Index
pp 309-311

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