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Record Nr.

UNISA996599566903316

Autore

Loperfido Giacomo

Titolo

Extremism, Society, and the State : Crisis, Radicalization, and the Conundrum of the Center and the Extremes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-80073-347-X

1-80073-346-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 pages)

Collana

Critical Interventions: a Forum for Social Analysis Series ; ; v.20

Disciplina

303.48/4

Soggetti

Radicalism

Extreme behavior (Psychology)

State, The

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Extremism does not happen in a vacuum. Rather, extremism is a relative concept that often emerges in crisis situations, taking shape within the tense and contradictory relations that tie marginal spaces, state orders, and mainstream culture. This collected volume brings together leading anthropologists and cultural analysts to offer a concise look at the narratives, symbolic, and metaphoric fields related to extremism, systematizing an approach to extremism, and placing these ideologies into historical, political, and geo-systemic contexts"--