INTERVIEW WITH PROF. CLARK MCCAULEY: NOT ALL TERRORISTS FOLLOW THE SAME RADICALIZATION PATH

Abstract

Journal of Terrorism and Radicalization Studies (TRAD) is pleased to host an interview with Professor Clark McCauley. Clark McCauley is Research Professor of Psychology at Bryn Mawr College. He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. His research interests include stereotypes, group identification, group dynamics, and intergroup conflict; in recent years he has focused on the psychological foundations of ethnic conflict, genocide, and terrorism. With Dan Chirot, he is author of “Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder” (2006); with Sophia Moskalenko he is author of “Friction: How Conflict Radicalizes Them and Us” (2011, 2d edition 2017) and “Radicalization to Terrorism What Everyone Needs to Know” (2020). He is Emeritus Founding Editor of the journal Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict.

Keywords

• Terrorism
• Radicalization to Terrorism
• Radicalization Studies
• Grievances
• Deradicalization

INTERVIEW WITH PROF. CLARK MCCAULEY: NOT ALL TERRORISTS FOLLOW THE SAME RADICALIZATION PATH

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Journal of Terrorism and Radicalization Studies (TRAD) is pleased to host an interview with Professor Clark McCauley. Clark McCauley is Research Professor of Psychology at Bryn Mawr College. He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. His research interests include stereotypes, group identification, group dynamics, and intergroup conflict; in recent years he has focused on the psychological foundations of ethnic conflict, genocide, and terrorism. With Dan Chirot, he is author of “Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder” (2006); with Sophia Moskalenko he is author of “Friction: How Conflict Radicalizes Them and Us” (2011, 2d edition 2017) and “Radicalization to Terrorism What Everyone Needs to Know” (2020). He is Emeritus Founding Editor of the journal Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Terrorism
• Radicalization to Terrorism
• Radicalization Studies
• Grievances
• Deradicalization

References

1. INTERVIEW WITH PROF. CLARK MCCAULEY: NOT ALL TERRORISTS FOLLOW THE SAME RADICALIZATION PATH