Citation

Choi VK, Jackson JC, Gelfand MJ. Behav. Brain Sci. 2018; 41: e196.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X18002042

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Whitehouse's theory on fusion can explain why suicide terrorists are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for their groups, but the following questions on violent extremism remain: (a) Why are victims of suicide terrorism often innocent bystanders? (b) Why do terrorists seem motivated by ancient conflicts? We incorporate findings from the entitativity literature to provide insights into how perceptions of in-groups and out-groups are key processes influencing violent extremism.

Language: en