Sökning: "Terrorism in Western Europe"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden Terrorism in Western Europe.

  1. 1. How does othering in Abu Bakr Naji’s The Management of Savagery and Anders Breivik’s 2083 reveal what the two authors perceive as the main external threats to their own groups?

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :James Graeme Miles Whitehead; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Othering; others; terrorism; takfiri; far right; Abu Bakr Naji; Anders Breivik; Al Qaeda; ISIS; Cultural Marxists; jihad;

    Sammanfattning : Othering is central in the rhetoric of both Abu Bakr Naji and Anders Breivik throughout their works. Both authors use it as a device to drive a psychological wedge between the groups of ‘us’ and ‘them’. LÄS MER

  3. 2. A Eurocentric Study of New Terrorism - Assessing New Terrorism´s validity and applicability in describing European terrorism 2010-2018 using quantitative research.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Henrik Lindholm; [2020]
    Nyckelord :New Terrorism; Europe; CBRN-weapons; Religious terrorism; Lethality; Separatist terrorism.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : New Terrorism has been a highly regarded theory in the field of terrorism since the late 1990s, but how accurate is it in regards to European terrorism in 2010-2018? Are terrorists more lethal, primarily religious, part of transnational and decentralized organizations, and are they using CBRN-weapons? This paper uses a quantitative study, with a descriptive and retroductive approach, of all terror attacks in Europe 2010-2018, to examine New Terrorisms’ validity, and propose possible changes to the theory. I find that New Terrorism is partly correct. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Prelude to Islamic extremism : A study of radicalization among Muslims in Sweden and the effects of Islamophobia

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Lisa Algotsson; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Islamophobia; Muslims; radicalization; terrorism; violent extremism; Islam; inclusion; exclusion; security; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract [en] On 27 April 2017 Sweden was struck by an Islamic terrorist attack which with various terrorist attacks in Europe, lead to increased Islamophobia and far-right populism in the country. This has seemingly led to Swedes becoming more prone to believe Islamophobic conspiracy theories. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Because Our Survival Depends On It : Thematizing Breivik’s Manifesto in the Light of Moral

    Kandidat-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för samhällsvetenskap

    Författare :Hanna Sandberg; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Breivik; Right-wing Extremism; Terrorism; Moral; Ideology; Discourse analysis;

    Sammanfattning : On the 22nd of July 2011, Norwegian lone actor Anders Behring Breivik decided tocarry out his life mission; a mission, which resulted in two separate terrorist attackskilling 77 individuals linked to the Norwegian Labour Party. The attacks directlycontributed to launch the second violence wave of the modern right-wing extremistmovement, turning it into the most violent movement of today in Western Europe. LÄS MER