ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|53 pages
Between Extremisms
chapter 2|17 pages
“Screw Your Optics”
chapter 3|15 pages
“Boys who hate girls, who hate boys, who hate girls”
part 2|165 pages
‘Old' and ‘New' Religious Extremisms
chapter 4|16 pages
When Ideology Is All that Matters!
chapter 6|22 pages
Reaction, Restoration, and the Return of Alpha-Islam
chapter 8|13 pages
The Muslim Brotherhood in the West
chapter 9|16 pages
Nativist Expressions of Non-violent Extremism in Malaysia
chapter 10|13 pages
Non-violent Salafist Political Engagement
chapter 14|11 pages
Current Trends in Buddhist Extremism and Anti-Muslim Ideology
part 3|127 pages
Far-Right Extremism
chapter 15|11 pages
Barriers to Violence Activism on the UK Far Right
chapter 16|12 pages
The Appeal of the New Far Right in the United Kingdom
chapter 17|15 pages
Weaponising the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR)
chapter 18|15 pages
Far-Right Nationalist Politics in Turkey
chapter 21|12 pages
Far-Right PEGIDA
chapter 22|13 pages
Metapolitics and the US FAR RIGHT
part 4|136 pages
Post-modern Extremisms?