Islamist terrorism and militancy in Indonesia : the power of the Manichean mindset /
Drawing upon insights from the natural and social sciences, this book puts forth the provocative new argument that the violent Islamist threat in Indonesia today derives its stubborn resilience from being in essence a complex, adaptive and self-organizing system - or what some specialists might even...
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Singapore :
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Is Ideology the℗ "Root" of℗ Islamist Terrorism in℗ Indonesia?; 1.1 An Encounter with℗ a℗ Terrorist
- and℗ an℗ Epiphany; 1.2 The Overall Argument at a℗ Glance; 1.3 The Three Limitations of℗ Extant Scholarship on℗ Islamist Militancy in℗ Indonesia; 1.4 Research Note; 1.5 The Plan of℗ the℗ Book; References; Part I: The Human Nature Triad Unpacked℗
- The Manichean Mindset, Embattled Religiosity and Violent Fundamentalism; Chapter 2: The Origins of℗ the℗ "Manichean Mindset"; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Great Human Nature Debate
- 2.3 Evolutionary Psychology and℗ Our Ancestral Shadow2.4 Darwin, Individual Selection and℗ the℗ Thorny Issue of℗ Cooperation; 2.5 The Rise of℗ Human "Groupishness"; 2.6 Social Categorization, Group Selection, and℗ the℗ Uncomfortable Logic of℗ Between- Group Competition; 2.7 Binary Oppositions, the℗ Human Need for℗ Control and℗ the℗ "Group Tent"; 2.8 The Manichean Mindset Deconstructed; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The Embattled Religiosity of℗ Religious Fundamentalism; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Religiosity Instinct and℗ the℗ Cultural Artifact of℗ Religion
- 3.3 Religion as℗ an℗ Evolutionary By-Product, Part I: The℗ Pattern-Seeking, Storytelling, Mythmaking Individual3.4 Religion as℗ an℗ Evolutionary By-Product, Part II: The℗ Hyperactive Agency Detection Device; 3.5 Religion as℗ an℗ Evolutionary Adaptation for℗ the℗ Group: Beyond Kin and℗ Direct Reciprocity; 3.6 Enter the℗ Meme; 3.7 The Manichean Mindset, Religious Fundamentalism, and℗ the℗ Potential for℗ Violence; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Six Steps Toward Violent Fundamentalism; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Violent Radicalization, Extremism, or Fundamentalism:℗ What's in℗ a℗ Name?
- 4.2.1 A New Synthesis: Cognitive Radicalization as℗ Drastic℗ Identity Simplification4.2.2 Cognitive Radicalism and℗ Cognitive Extremism; 4.3 A Tight Counterculture; 4.3.1 Understanding Culture; 4.3.2 Culture's Evolutionary Rationale; 4.3.3 "Tight" Cultures; 4.3.4 Relevant Dimensions of℗ Culture; 4.3.5 Tight Countercultures; 4.4 An Enabling Ideology; 4.5 The Protean Charismatic Group: Converging℗ Perspectives; 4.5.1 The Complexity Element of℗ the℗ Human Nature Triad; 4.5.2 The Charismatic Group as℗ Complex Adaptive System; 4.6 Intragroup Psychic Dynamics; 4.6.1 The Power of℗ the℗ Situation
- 4.6.2 The Impulse to℗ Conform4.6.3 Deindividuation; 4.6.4 Obedience to℗ Authority; 4.6.5 The Dispositionist Objection; 4.6.6 The Echo Chamber Effect; 4.6.7 Online Groups, Optimal Group Size, and℗ Fuzzy℗ Boundaries; 4.7 The Power of℗ Social Humiliation; 4.8 The Enabling Environment; Conclusion; References; Part II: The Human Nature Triad Applied℗
- Violent Islamist Terrorism and Militancy in Indonesia: Origins, Evolution and the Counter-Ideological Response; Chapter 5: The "Glocalized" Origins of℗ the℗ Darul Islam Counterculture; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Islam: A℗ Capsule History