From flowers to far-right extremists: a genealogy of ecology in terrorism and extremism studies/
HUTCHINSON Jade
From flowers to far-right extremists: a genealogy of ecology in terrorism and extremism studies/ Jade Hutchinson - 2023
The idea that violent extremists inhabit an “ecosystem” of interrelated online spaces has been popularised by both scholars and practitioners in recent years. Drawing from the natural sciences, terrorism and extremism studies has sought to capitalise on the conceptual potential of ecology to understand otherwise perplexing natural and artificial environments. Yet, despite its popularisation, there remain fundamental gaps in understanding the benefits and limits of using ecology to analyse extremist communities dwelling in cyberspace. To be applied in a rigorous manner, it is essential that the intellectual tradition and tenets that underpin ecology in the natural and social sciences be explained.
ECOLOGY--ECOSYSTEM
TERRORISM
From flowers to far-right extremists: a genealogy of ecology in terrorism and extremism studies/ Jade Hutchinson - 2023
The idea that violent extremists inhabit an “ecosystem” of interrelated online spaces has been popularised by both scholars and practitioners in recent years. Drawing from the natural sciences, terrorism and extremism studies has sought to capitalise on the conceptual potential of ecology to understand otherwise perplexing natural and artificial environments. Yet, despite its popularisation, there remain fundamental gaps in understanding the benefits and limits of using ecology to analyse extremist communities dwelling in cyberspace. To be applied in a rigorous manner, it is essential that the intellectual tradition and tenets that underpin ecology in the natural and social sciences be explained.
ECOLOGY--ECOSYSTEM
TERRORISM