Radicalization Through the Lens of Situated Affectivity

Frontiers in Psychology

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Hina Haq¹  Achim Stephan¹ 

[1] Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University

关键词: radicalization;    emotions;    situated affectivity;    mind invasion;    affective scaffolding;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00205

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Affective bonding to radical organizations is one of the most prominent features of a recruit’s personality. To better understand how affective bonding is established during the recruitment of youth for radicalization and how it is maintained afterward, it seems promising to adopt new insights and developments from the field of situated cognition and affectivity, particularly the concepts of Affective Scaffolding, Mind Invasion, and Self-Stimulatory Loops of Affectivity (SSLA). The three notions highlight both the intended structuring of the affective bonding by the recruiting organizations and the immersive influence these settings have on the individuals. We will study the affective bonding between an individual and a radical group from two perspectives: first, from an organizational perspective, and second from a personal perspective. The first aims at understanding how extremist organizations “invade the mind” of young people, by providing carefully designed affective scaffolding: (a) during the recruitment process and (b) while being a full member of the organization. The second aims at identifying some of the affective loops which individuals who have joined the radical organization enter.

【 授权许可】

CC BY