Description
Book SynopsisJulia Ebner is a terrorism and extremism researcher based in London specialising in far-right extremism, reciprocal radicalisation and terrorism prevention initiatives. She is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and a Global Fellow at the Project for the Study of the 21st Century. She spent two years working for the world's first counter-extremism organisation Quilliam, where she led research projects on terrorism prevention for the European Commission and the Kofi Annan Foundation and gave evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on far-right extremism. In her role as the coordinator of the pan-European network Families Against Terrorism and Extremism (FATE), she carried out radicalisation prevention projects across Europe and North Africa. On the basis of her research, Julia advises parliamentary working groups, frontline workers and tech firms, speaks at international conferences and delivers workshops in schools and universities. She regularly writ
Trade ReviewSelected by the Guardian as one of the best ten books for understanding the threat of terrorism * The Guardian *
[Ebner] marshals facts well, identifies trends clearly, endeavours to contextualise her viewpoint and has a flair for the illustrative anecdote. * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *
Table of ContentsAbbreviations Movements Acknowledgements Foreword Preface
Introduction -Inside Extremist Groups -You Hate Me and I Hate You -The Age of Rage -Exploring Rage with Empathy 1. The End of a Collective Illusion -The Leaning Tower of Jenga -Extremist Storytellers -Stories of Wars -Wars of Stories 2. The Global Jihadist Insurgency -A Brief History of Islamist Extremist Ideas -The New Islamist Extremist Wave 3. The Far-Right Renaissance -A Brief History of Far-Right Ideas -The New Far-Right Wave 4. Identity Politics -From Fear to Rage -The Global Identity Crisis -Victims and Demons -Islamist Identity Politics -Far-Right Identity Politics
