This edited collection considers whether it is possible to discern how the level of ideology is affected by radicalization. In other words: what happens in the minds of people before they decide to use political violence as means to attain their goals? Also this book asks: what has to happen in the minds of people in order to preclude them from using political violence as a way of attaining their goals? This volume unites scholars from several disciplines and perspectives from a number of different geographical, social and cultural contexts with the overarching aim to refine our understanding of what ‘radicalization’ actually implies.

Andreas Önnerfors is Associate Professor in the History of Sciences and Ideas at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden where he currently teaches Political Thought and Intellectual History. His research particularly focuses on the political discourse of the contemporary European far-right as well as enlightenment culture and sociability. 

Kristian Steiner is Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies at Malmö University, Sweden. He has published on the social construction of the enemy, media constructions of Muslims, and attitudes to peace within Christian Zionism and currently conducts interview studies on peace expectations among different religious groups in the Middle East.