Quelling radicalization through new understanding of ritual, fusion and identity
What drives people to take up arms for groups such as ISIS? Video by Harvey Whitehouse, Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford.
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Lord Alderdice: The Pain, the Past, and the Day After Tomorrow
Opening Keynote by Lord, John Alderdice recorded for ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ CASSE event, which took place on Saturday, 25th March 2017 in Melbourne, Australia.
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On the Front Line Against ISIS: Who Fights, Who Doesn’t, and Why
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Researchers test what lies behind the extreme self-sacrifice of fighters
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The Devoted Actor: Unconditional Commitment and Intractable Conflict across Cultures
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Paramilitary disbandment strategy
A panel has been appointed to develop proposals for a strategy to disband Northern Ireland paramilitary groups.
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Scott Atran on Sacred Values
How lightly, or how tightly, do you hold your values? Are there things you hold dear, which almost automatically excite your emotions, for which you would make the costliest of sacrifices?
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Lydia Wilson: Understanding the Appeal of ISIS
The Islamic State, or ISIS, has proven to be persistently successful in attracting people from all over the globe to join in its state-building and state-defending enterprise. This article explores the messages it has crafted, from the utopian to the militarily defensive, and the techniques it uses.
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“Development and Dissolution in Societies” Annual Conference – 27-29 September 2016
3 Programme for the Oxford Conference, 27 to 29 Sept 2016, 070816
‘Queen of Clubs and No Trump – The US Presidential Election House of Cards’ – 27th September 2016
3 Clad Lecture, Sept 2016 Event Poster