EXTREMISM

Interactive extremism. A comparative psychosocial study of the emotional dynamics of far 'right' extremisms in Germany and Great Britain

Coordinatore	BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY    more  Organization address address: Fern Barrow city: "POOLE,DORSET" postcode: BH12 5BB contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Barry Cognome: Richards Email: send email Telefono: +44 1202965331
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	110˙803 €
EC contributo	110˙803 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2015
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2015-06-01   -   2016-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: Fern Barrow city: "POOLE,DORSET" postcode: BH12 5BB contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Barry Cognome: Richards Email: send email Telefono: +44 1202965331	UK ("POOLE,DORSET")	coordinator	110˙803.20

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'This project will focus on an international comparison of the interaction of extremist groups with the general public, an area where very little research has been done despite the ambitious European targets related to the intervention of and prevention of extremism. Due to the rise of Islamist and right-wing extremism in European countries, interventions are needed urgently. The primary objective is to analyse the psychosocial underpinnings of extremism in relation to the societies of Great Britain and Germany as a precondition to develop better means to deal with threats to democracy in the EU.

We propose the psychosocial concept of 'interactive extremism' to grasp the relationship between the extremist groups and the population in Great Britain and in Germany, especially in the emotional public sphere. This notion of interactive extremism will firstly be applied to explore the interactions between the right-wing- extremist groups and the violent jihadist movement. Secondly, it will be applied to the interactions between the right-wing-extremist groups and the so-called centre of society. In a first phase, media analysis will be applied in the field of offline and online communications of right-wing-extremist and Islamist groups. In a second phase, we will conduct 16 focus groups in Germany and in GB. To analyse the data, we will follow a psychosocial and interdisciplinary approach in order to grasp the interaction of societal and psychological processes, including emotional and unconscious processes.

This will result in mapping the psychosocial conditions under which escalation and de-escalation of extremisms are most likely to occur in order to develop counterstrategies to address extremism. We will follow a psychosocial approach in order to grasp the interaction of societal and psychological processes, including emotional and unconscious processes. Our approach is interdisciplinary, as it combines theories and methods of the disciplines of psychology, especially psychoanalysis, sociology, media studies and political science. With our new approach additional insights as follows will be gained:

•Understanding of the extremist interactions between extremist groups and between extremist groups and the general public •Understanding of the internationalization of extremism'