The Psychology of Extremism: A Motivational Perspective (Frontiers of Social Psychology)

By: Arie W. Kruglanski and Ewa Szumowska and Catalina Kopetz

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Synopsis: This ground-breaking book introduces a new model of extremism that emphasizes motivational imbalance among individual needs, offering a unique multidisciplinary exploration of extreme behaviors relating to terrorism, dieting, sports, love, addictions, and money. In popular discourse, the term ‘extremism’ has come to mean largely ‘violent extremism’, but this is just one of many different types: extreme sports, extreme diets, political and religious extremisms, extreme self-interest, extreme attitudes, extreme devotion to a cause, addiction to substances, or behavioral addiction (to videogames, shopping, pornography, sex, and work). But do these descriptions have a deeper meaning? Do they reveal a common psychological dynamic? Or are they merely a mode of things about phenomena that have little in common? Bringing together world-leading psychologists from a variety of disciplines, the book uses a brand-new model to examine different expressions of extremism, at different levels of analysis (brain, hormones, and behavior), in order not merely to describe such behaviors but also to explain their occurrence, and the conditions under which they may be likely to emerge. Also including suggestions for ways in which extremism could be counteracted, and to what extent it appears to be harmful to individuals and society, this is essential reading for students and academics in psychology and behavioral sciences.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 308 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000454000
Related ISBNs:: 9780367467609, 9781003030898, 9780367467623
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/13/21
Copyrighted By:: Taylor & Francis, The right of Arie W. Kruglanski, Catalina Kopetz and Ewa Szumowska to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Psychology, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Arie W. Kruglanski
Edited by:: Catalina Kopetz
Edited by:: Ewa Szumowska