SOCIOLOGICAL NEXUS BETWEEN CULTURE AND TERRORISM IN TERMS OF HOFSTEDE’S DIMENSIONS

Abstract

This study aims to indicate the cultural factors nexus terrorism in terms of Bourdieusian terminology’s conceptual framework, which synthesizes social, economic, and cultural explanations and thus proves useful for studying political and religious radicalization, extremism, and recruitment to terrorism. This analysis can be used to comparatively assess the countries’ cultural tendencies relevant to terrorism. In this study, Hofstede's culture scale, which is regarded as a paradigm and towering figure by most scholars was used. The research endeavors to illustrate the effects of Hofstede's cultural dimensions (widely known model of national culture) on Global Terrorism Index scores via a multiple linear regression model. Terrorists marginalized others and created their discourse to commit rhetoric narrated by fairy tales and protagonists. The findings expressed that whereas the power distance has an increasing effect on terrorism (while increasing terrorism), the long-term orientation has a mitigating effect (reduces terrorism). On the other hand, no significant results were obtained from the dimension of individualism versus collectivism, femininity versus masculinity, avoidance of uncertainty, and indulgence versus restraint. However; we evaluate that social media usage has a centralizing and affiliating effect between collectivism and individualism.

Keywords

• Culture
• Sociology of Culture
• Terrorism
• Hofstede
• Global Terrorism Index
• Multiple Linear Regression.

HOFSTEDE`NİN BOYUTLARI KAPSAMINDA KÜLTÜR VE TERORİZMİN SOSYOLOJİK BAĞINTISI

Abstract

Bu çalışma, sosyal, ekonomik ve kültürel açıklamaları sentezleyen ve dolayısıyla siyasi ve dini radikalleşme, aşırılık ve terörizme birey temin etme konularına yönelik çalışmada yararlı olduğunu kanıtlayan Bourdieu terminolojisinin kavramsal çerçevesi açısından terörle bağlantılı kültürel faktörleri göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu analiz, ülkelerin terörizmle ilgili kültürel eğilimlerini karşılaştırmalı olarak değerlendirmek için kullanılabilir. Bu çalışmada, çoğu bilim insanı tarafından bir paradigma ve önemli bir figür olarak kabul edilen Hofstede'nin kültür ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırma, Hofstede'nin kültürel boyutlarının (yaygın olarak bilinen ulusal kültür modeli) Küresel Terörizm Endeksi puanları üzerindeki etkilerini çoklu doğrusal regresyon modeliyle göstermeye çalışmaktadır. Teröristler diğerlerini ötekileştirerek anlatılarını hayata geçirmek için elebaşları ve hikâyeleri ile kendi söylemlerini oluşturmaktadırlar. Bulgular, güç mesafesinin terörizmi artırıcı, uzun vadeli yönelimin ise hafifletici bir etkiye sahip olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Öte yandan bireyciliğe karşı kolektivizm, kadınlığa karşı erkeksilik, belirsizlikten kaçınma ve hoşgörüye karşı kısıtlama boyutunda anlamlı bir sonuç elde edilememiştir. Fakat sosyal medya kullanımının kolektivizm ile bireycilik arasında merkezileştirici ve bağlayıcı bir etkisinin olduğu değerlendirilmektedir.

Keywords

• Kültür
• Kültür Sosyolojisi
• Terörizm
• Hofstede’nin Kültürel Boyutları
• Küresel Terörizm İndeksi
• Çoklu Doğrusal Regresyon.

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