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Routledge Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism Groups, Perspectives and New Debates

Edited By Elisa Orofino, William Allchorn Copyright 2023
    524 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    524 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge
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    This Handbook provides the first in-depth analysis of non-violent extremism across different ideologies and geographic centres, a topic overshadowed until now by the political and academic focus on violent and jihadi extremism in the Global North.

    Whilst acknowledging the potentiality of non-violent extremism as a precursor to terrorism, this Handbook argues that non-violent extremism ought to be considered a stand-alone area of study. Focusing on Islamist, Buddhist, Hindu, far-right, far-left, environmentalist and feminist manifestations, the Handbook discusses the ideological foundation of their ‘war on ideas’ against the prevailing socio-political and cultural systems in which they operate, and provides an empirical examination of their main claims and perspectives. This is supplemented by a truly global overview of non-violent extremist groups not only in Europe and the United States, but also in Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. The Handbook thus answers a call to decolonise knowledge that is especially prescient given both the complicity of non-violent extremists with authoritarian states and the dynamic of oppression towards more progressive groups in the Global South.

    The Handbook will appeal to those studying extremism, radicalisation and terrorism. It intersects several relevant disciplines, including social movement studies, political science, criminology, Islamic studies and anthropology.

    Introduction: Why Do We Need a Handbook on Non-Violent Forms of Extremism?

    Elisa Orofino and William Allchorn

    Part 1: Between Extremisms: Violent and Non-Violence across Multiple Ideologies

    1. Sticky Ideologies and Non-Violent Heterodox Politics

      2. Daniel Baldino & Mark Balnaves

    2. "Screw Your Optics": The Ambivalent Role of Violence in Islamist and Far-Right Extremism

      3. Milo Comerford, Jacob Davey & Jakob Guhl

    3. "Boys who hate girls, who hate boys, who hate girls": A Quantitative Exploration of the Relationship between Misogyny, Socio-Political Outlook, and Support for Violence in Europe

      4. Gavin Hart, Antoinette Huber & Mark Littler

      Part 2: ‘Old’ & ‘New’ Religious Extremisms: Non-Violent Islamist, Buddhist and Hindu Movements

    4. When Ideology is All That Matters! Exploring Non-violent Islamism through Fetullah Gülen and Taqiuddin An-Nabhani

      5. Elisa Orofino & Yavuz Çobanoğlu

    5. The Tabligh Jama’at and Its Non-Violent Resoluteness

      6. Jan Ali

    6. Reaction, Restoration, and the Return of Alpha-Islam: Wahhabism from Premodern Ideas to Postmodern Identities

      7. Naveed S. Sheikh

    7. The New Landscape of Extremism and Its Intersection with Political Islamists in Turkey

      8. Suleymen Ozeren, Mehmet F. Bastug & Suat Cubukcu

    8. The Muslim Brotherhood in the West: Firewall or Conveyor Belt? Insights from the British Debate

      9. Lorenzo Vidino

    9. Nativist Expressions of Non-Violent Extremism in Malaysia: The Case of Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA: Muslim Solidarity Front of Malaysia)

      10. Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid & Che Hamdan Che Mohd Razali

    10. Non-Violent Salafist Political Engagement: Comparing Egypt's Al-Nour Party with Kuwait's Islamic Salafi Alliance

      11. Zana Gulmohamad & Kira Jumet

    11. Debating Islamism as an Expression of Political Islam

      12. Milad Dokhanchi

    12. Enraged Buddhism: Violent, Non-Violent and ‘Not-Violent’ Extremism in Myanmar

      13. Peter Lehr

    13. Buddhist Constructions as a Tool of Non-Violent Extremism in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

      14. Dishani Senaratne

    14. Current Trends in Buddhist Extremism and Anti-Muslim Ideology: A Study of Sri Lanka

      15. Chas Morrison

      Part 3: Far-Right Extremism: Non-Violence among Movements on the Exclusionary Right

    15. Barriers to Violence Activism on the UK Far Right: The Case of the (Democratic) Football Lads Alliance

      16. William Allchorn

    16. The Appeal of the New Far Right in the United Kingdom: A Look Inside the New Far-Right Recruitment Pool

      17. Alice Sibley

    17. Weaponising the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR): Novelties and Continuums in Romania’s Far-Right Political Extremism

      18. Alexandra Coțofană

    18. Far-Right Nationalist Politics in Turkey: Division of the Nationalist Camp between the MHP and the Good Party

      19. Giray Gerim

    19. The Greek White Power Music Scene: Feeding Extremism with Lyrics

      20. George Kordas

    20. The Identitarian Movement and Its Contemporary Manifestations

      21. Tamir Bar-On

    21. Far-Right PEGIDA: Non-Violent Protest and the Blurred Lines between the Radical and Extreme Right

      22. Sabine Volk & Manès Weisskircher

    22. Metapolitics and the US Far-Right: On the "Non-Violent" Approach to Alt-Right Social Transformation

      23. Dustin J. Byrd

    23. Anti-Gender Campaigns as a Threat to Liberal Democracy

      24. Elżbieta Korolczuk

      Part 4: Post-Modern Extremisms? Non-Violent Left-Wing, Feminist & Environmental Movements since the 1970s

    24. The Case of DiEM25: A Unique Transnational Political Movement in 21st-Century European Politics

      25. James F. Downes, Valerio Alfonso Bruno & Edward Chan

    25. Left-wing Radicalism in Australia: The Complexities of the Radical Left’s (Non)Violent Struggle against Fascism

      26. Mario Peucker, Julian Droogan and Sarah Holmes

    26. Overthrowing the Capitalist Social Order: The Forgotten Extremism of the British Women’s Movement

      27. George Stevenson

    27. Becoming through Non-Violent Resistance: The Rise of Feminist Consciousness in Chile

      28. Melany Cruz

    28. The Degrowth Movement　in France: From the Edges to the Centre of the Ecological Debate

      29. Tahir Karakaş

    29. A Spatial Account of Non-Violent Environmental Extremism in Australia

      30. Kate Galloway

    30. "Animals and the Earth can’t wait – get off your ass and fight!": Animal Liberation Front Vigilantism in the Era of Climate Crisis

      31. Genevieve Johnston

    31. The Phoney War? Radical Environmentalists, Animal Rights Activists and Direct Action

      32. Paul Stott

    32. ‘The Great Refusal’: Radical Environmental Resistance Against Contemporary Ecological Breakdown

    Heather Alberro

    Conclusion: Key Findings, Lessons Learnt and Future Avenues of Research

    Elisa Orofino & William Allchorn

    Biography

    Elisa Orofino is Academic Lead for Research on Extremism and Counter-Terrorism at the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region, Anglia Ruskin University, UK. She has published extensively on extremism, vocal extremist groups, radicalisation, Muslims in the West and social movements. Her publications encompass journal articles, book chapters, edited books and monographs, including Hizb ut-Tahrir and the Caliphate (Routledge, 2021).

    William Allchorn is Visiting Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Richmond, the American International University in London, and Interim Director of the Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right. He is an expert on anti-Islamic radical right social movements in the United Kingdom and has most recently advised the UK, US and Australian governments on their approaches to radical right extremism. His first book, Anti-Islamic Protest in the UK: Policy Responses to the Far Right, was published by Routledge in 2018, and his second book, Moving beyond Islamist Extremism: Assessing Counter Narrative Responses to the Global Far Right, was published in February 2022.

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