Radicalization

<p>Radicalization (or radicalisation) is the process by which an individual or a <a href="/facts/Social_group/L0Ny3Nv6">group</a> comes to adopt increasingly <a href="/facts/Radical_politics/3Sffh8xt">radical</a> views in opposition to a political, social, or religious <a href="/facts/Status_quo/kMsM2X2s">status quo</a>. The ideas of  <a href="/facts/Society/PulvrYfa">society</a> at large shape the outcomes of radicalization. Radicalization can result in both violent and nonviolent action – academic literature focuses on radicalization into <a href="/facts/Violent_extremism/YvIARwuH">violent extremism</a> (RVE) or radicalisation leading to acts of <a href="/facts/Terrorism/DHJGPJ6P">terrorism</a>. Multiple separate pathways can promote the process of radicalization, which can be independent but are usually mutually reinforcing.
</p><p>Radicalization that occurs across multiple reinforcing pathways greatly increases a group's <a href="/facts/Resilience_(organizational)/Qxz9zoEg">resilience</a> and <a href="/facts/Lethality/03bCAHTD">lethality</a>. Furthermore, by compromising a group's ability to blend in with non-radical society and to participate in a modern, national or international <a href="/facts/Economy/okLWSsEY">economy</a>, radicalization serves as a kind of <a href="/facts/Sociology/d2Fd0N87">sociological</a> trap that gives individuals no other place to go to satisfy their material and spiritual needs.
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Radicalization