LEADER 04257nam 22004815 450 001 9910619275703321 005 20251009102952.0 010 $a9783031138065$b(electronic bk.) 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-13806-5 035 $a(CKB)25176340700041 035 $a(OCoLC)1348376607 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7119404 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7119404 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-13806-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925176340700041 100 $a20221018d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJihadism in Scandinavia $eMotivations, Experiences, and Change /$fby Marco Nilsson 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 266 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$aPrint version: Nilsson, Marco Jihadism in Scandinavia Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031138058 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Interviewing Jihadists -- Chapter 3: Jihad as a Complex Social Phenomenon -- Chapter 4: Jihadism in Sweden -- Chapter 5: Jihadism in Norway -- Chapter 6: Jihadism in Denmark -- Chapter 7: The Changing Nature of Jihad -- Chapter 8: Cognitive Dissonance and Changing Motivations -- Chapter 9: Recruitment and Perceptions of Death -- Chapter 10: How Does Fighting Change Jihadists? -- Chapter 11: Conclusion. 330 $aMarco Nilsson explores the detailed dynamic of Scandinavian jihadism in a unique way. This is ?the book to read? if one wants to understand the phenomenon. ---Stig Jarle Hansen, professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences Marco Nilsson has unparalleled access to current and former jihadists in Scandinavia. This book provides a critical contribution to our understanding of what motivates those involved in jihadist violence, their recruitment processes, and how they are affected by their involvement. ---James Khalil, preventing and countering violent extremism (PCVE) specialist affiliated with RUSI This book is based on unprecedented interviews with active and former jihadists, even IS fighters. It focuses on the changing nature of jihad as a social phenomenon and how jihad changes jihadists. It argues that there are fascinating generational differences between jihadists? ideas and behaviors. Moreover, it argues that jihad changes jihadists through socialization in jihadists groups. Indeed, radicalization continues in new forms after entering the conflict zone. Recognizing that jihadism is a complex social phenomenon and a discourse on religiously legitimized violence with deep roots in the history of Islam and Muslim societies, the book asks two simple questions. Why have some Muslims residing in the West taken up arms to enter the global battlefields of jihad? Have the motivations and experiences of different jihadists all been the same? To create a more coherent analysis than the article format allows, and to offer new insights, the author summarizes and further develops several years of research into jihadism. As gaining access to and conducting interviews?especially with active jihadists?often differs from standard interviews, much of the data were collected in a gray zone between more formal interviewing and ethnographic research. The empirical material, which is based on interviews with active and former jihadists, is unique. Moreover, the methodological reflections are unprecedented, and the project offers new analytical insights into jihadism with a focus on how jihadism and jihadists change. Marco Nilsson is Associate Professor at Jönköping University, Sweden. 606 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government 606 $aMiddle Eastern Politics 615 0$aMiddle East$xPolitics and government. 615 14$aMiddle Eastern Politics. 676 $a808.80356 676 $a363.3250948 700 $aNilsson$b Marco$01262872 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910619275703321 996 $aJihadism in Scandinavia$92954909 997 $aUNINA