Extremism without ideology
Abstract
A response to Horgan and Shayler’s account of salad bar extremism. They represent salad bar extremism as ideological but new forms of extremism are less concerned with ideology than with violence for its own sake. Extremists in this sense are fixated on violence, which some of them regard as non-instrumentally valuable. This type of extremism finds no place in Horgan and Shayler’s taxonomy.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Islamic Studies and History
Terrorism
Counterterrorism
and Political Violence
Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan
Pakistan
and Middle East
Publication details
- Journal / source
- advances in/psychology
- Publisher
- Advances.in Ltd.
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- e945134–e945134
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN