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Antifa’s Political Violence on Twitter: a Grounded Theory Approach

actions that could be detrimental to the individual targeted. The article discusses practical and ethical implications of this kind of political-based harassment and suggests that future research on doxing ... movement is a countermovement whose main objective is to defeat all forms of political mobilisation of the alt-right. Ideologically inspired by anarchist philosophy, the proponents of the antifa movement use

Mobilising Extremism in Times of Change: Analysing the UK’s Far-Right Online Content During the Pandemic

The growing dissension towards the political handling of COVID-19, widespread job losses, backlash to extended lockdowns, and hesitancy surrounding the vaccine are propagating toxic far-right ... to better understand online far-right mobilisation by examining, via a mixed-methodology qualitative content analysis and netnography, UKcentric content, narratives, and key political figures on the

Towards an Evidence-Based Approach to Pre-trial Detention in Europe

contributions from political scientists, (forensic) psychologists, criminologists and jurists who approach this phenomenon from different angles and therefore provide a deeper and more evidence-based ... the data show high level of awareness of these new legal provisions, these were not implemented as expected. Partly, an explanation could be linked to the low political priority or the lack of clarity

The Criminal Selfie: Conveying Grievance While Recording and Live Streaming Antisocial Behavior

images will contribute to public discourse. This article contributes to studies of criminal visibility by addressing how it can be intended as political expression. We first outline the concept of the ... “caught on tape.” Rather, these images are sometimes produced by individuals of their own volition using smartphone cameras and wearable recording devices. Consider the political transgressors who

From Pietism to Paradox: The Development of a Lutheran Philosophy of Education

The Christian Faith and the Liberal Arts (1960) where contributors tried to discover whether there was a Lutheran philosophy of education until later and then decided it was too narrowly focused on the ... to educational philosophy and what was going on. It was not as retrograde as I had thought as an undergraduate. It was a wonderful discovery for me. I have been trying to work out the details ever smce

More Than a Glance: Investigating the Differential Efficacy of Radicalizing Graphical Cues with Right-Wing Messages

political Internet memes (empowering a right-wing group, inciting violence against out-groups, and emphasizing unity among human beings) between a right-wing group and a control group. We examined ... associations between socio-political attitudes, appraisal ratings, and visual attention metrics (total dwell time, number of fixations). The results show that right-wing participants perceived in-group memes

Aporophobic and Homeless Victimisation—the Case of Ghent

beliefs or philosophy of life, current and future state of health, disability, language, political beliefs, trade union, physical or genetic characteristics, or social origin (Micheletto, 2020) . 7 ... towards the victim, in particular because of his national or ethnic origin, his wealth status, his social origin or his political convictions” (own translation),9 and the aggravating circumstance was

Radicalization in Adolescence: the Identification of Vulnerable Groups

Given that the normative search for identity and belonging, as well as political socialization, plays an important role during adolescence, this life stage is characterized by high vulnerability to ... potential outcome of radicalization. Right-wing attitudes can influence political debates but can also influence the behavior of individuals or groups, who may subsequently become involved in extremist

Mainstreaming the Blackpill: Understanding the Incel Community on TikTok

rightfully theirs, a primary example of incel’s claim to victimhood and marginalisation is the concept of ‘Lookism,’ a central feature of the blackpill philosophy (Papadamou et al., 2020) . ‘ Lookism’ (2023 ... , whilst women are entitled and privileged. Academic literature has found emotional language and manipulation to be a key aspect in furthering the successful rise of right-wing and far-right political

The Possibility of Resistance within The Rhizomatics of Cyberspace: William Gibson’s Neuromancer

materiality and the body are transcended. In Deleuzian philosophy, likewise, cyberspace is a disembodied space that has no fixed organizing principle but a molecular plane of disorganization that frequently ... possible affinity between Deleuze and Gibson's conceptual constellations of cyberspace, and discusses the implications of resistance within the rhizomatics of cyberspace in light of Deleuzian philosophy

Addressing Antisocial Behaviour and Toxic Communication Online

Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT University , Melbourne , Australia 2 Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna , Bologna , Italy We live in an increasingly digital society. It is a ... all over the world and worsening opinion polarisation with severe social and political effects. Looking at toxic communication through a social harms lens, rather than through a strictly legalistic

Moral Case Deliberation in Dutch Prisons: Experienced Outcomes and the Moral Learning of Prison Staff

reflections in a stepwise approach (Fig. 1 and Appendix  2) by means of a dialogue (Molewijk et  al., 2008; Weidema et  al., 2013) . The approach of MCD is embedded in the philosophy of pragmatic hermeneutics ... Philosophy and Policy , 17 ( 3 ), 217 - 235 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-008-0102-z Baum , F. , MacDougall , C. , & Smith , D. ( 2006 ). Participatory action research . Journal of Epidemiology and

Review of Michael Rothberg. The Implicated Subject. Beyond Victims and Perpetrators. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019

complicity: memory, hope and the imagination,” Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 5 (2019): 504-522. 10.1080/13698230.2019.1565692. ... accountability from a discourse of guilt to a less legally and emotionally charged terrain of historical and political responsibility” (20). The book is structured in three parts, each one made up of two chapters

‘Is This a Hate Speech?’ The Difficulty in Combating Radicalisation in Coded Communications on Social media Platforms

proliferation of political and healthr‑elated disinformation (Carrapico & Farrand, 2021; Hameleers et  al., 2020) , new means of com‑ munication typified by immediacy and wide reach have resulted in the ... to believe that violence or discrimination against those groups is justified in order to achieve political goals, such as the (perceived) security, purity, or homogeneity of a particular population

The function of law in political and social conditions of pluralism in the reception of Hannah Arendt

. In o th er words, th e political space, u n lik e in th e philosophy, th e m in d only is not enough for som ething to be considered for th e tru th . We need also some social conditions, am ong w hich ... re tu rn in g in th e A re n d t’s d e lib era­ tions. It is philosophy political p ractice of a n c ie n t Greece. T he a u th o r trie s to find th e re a still u n co n ta m in a te d source of

Nationality-Based Criminalisation of South-South Migration: the Experience of Venezuelan Forced Migrants in Peru

criminalisation experience in these different spaces. Fourth, we discuss how Venezuelan migrants perceive this criminalising discrimination as linked to their villanisation in the media and political discourses ... . Despite the increasing social and political significance of xenophobia, understood here as the “fear of difference embodied in persons or groups” (Berezin 2006: 273) , against Venezuelan immigrants in

Grand corruption and government change: an analysis of partisan favoritism in public procurement

corruption, we identify three spheres of political influence over government contracting and show how elites can manipulate two of those spheres to increase their opportunities to influence the procurement ... United Kingdom, which differ in terms of political influence over these institutions. We find that politically-favored companies secure 50–60% of the central government contracting market in Hungary but

Commemorating Compassion, Countering Containment: The Female Wars on Terror Witnesses of Helen Benedict’s and Lynsey Addario’s Transcultural Narratives

political spheres. ... advocates conveying a particular political message to the readers or viewers of their work. In this way, their metonymic subjects can additionally gain credibility by not being associated with any definitive

Hate Crime Investigation and Sentencing in Sweden: What Have We Learned in the Past 20 Years?

said that the issue of hate crime victimization has been firmly placed on the political and legal agenda. At the same time, it is unclear whether and to what extent the problems regarding ... the Swedish political and legal arenas. There is no specific hate crime offense in the Swedish Criminal Code, and as a result, there is no specific crime code that can be used to trace hate crime

Constitutionalisation of political changes in Poland during the years 1989-2011

r in g th e y e a r s 1989-1992 The year 1989 was distinctive for a political transform ation in Poland and other countries of E a ste rn and C entral Europe. It was in th is year th a t the first