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'Established and Outsiders': Brutalisation Processes and the Development of 'Jihadist Terrorists'
'Etablierte und Außenseiter': Brutalisierungsprozesse und die Entwicklung von 'dschihadistischen Terroristen'
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Abstract The attacks in Paris in November 2015, the conflict in Syria and Iraq and the huge amount of political and media attention that these issues have had show that the problem of 'jihadist terrorism' is significant for Western nation-states. In this paper I examine some of the interdependent processes a... view more
The attacks in Paris in November 2015, the conflict in Syria and Iraq and the huge amount of political and media attention that these issues have had show that the problem of 'jihadist terrorism' is significant for Western nation-states. In this paper I examine some of the interdependent processes and relationships that have been contributing to 'jihadist terrorism' and use a number of figurational concepts with which to do this, including 'established-outsider figurations,' 'double-binds' and 'decivilising processes.' I focus specifically on the November 2015 Paris attacks and with the use of media reports and government documents discuss how the language used reveals the complexities of the 'established-outsider' figurations and double-binds that Western nation-states and 'jihadists' are locked into with each other, and how the structures of these relationships are contributing to 'decivilising' or 'brutalisation' processes of Western 'jihadists.' These brutalisation processes are, in turn, 'feeding back' and contributing to the double-binds within which Western nation-states and jihadist are caught.... view less
Keywords
Elias, N.; stigmatization; figuration; radicalization; social relations; identification; propensity to violence; terrorism; marginality; group
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
established-outsiders; double-binds; decivilising; brutalisation; jihadists
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 31-53
Journal
Historical Social Research, 41 (2016) 3
Issue topic
Figurational Analysis as Historical and Comparative Method: Established-Outsider Relations
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.3.31-53
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed