Archive for the 'radicalization'

• JM Berger’s Extremism, from MIT Press. Brilliant.

September 24th, 2018 by Charles Cameron

Posted in amazon, book, Charles Cameron, complexity, conspiracy, existential, extremists, graphical thinking, ideas, insight, media, radicalization, recommended reading, Religion, review, terrorism, Uncategorized, violence | Comments Off on JM Berger’s Extremism, from MIT Press. Brilliant.

• Human Sacrifice South of the Border?

July 26th, 2017 by zen

Posted in criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, extremists, gangs, insurgency, intellectuals, magic, Mexico, mystical, narcoterror, non-state actors, occult, radicalization, Religion, robert j. bunker, sacrifice, santa muerte, small wars journal, Theology, torture, transnational criminal organization, weird | 2 comments

• Announcing ! BLOOD SACRIFICES

May 25th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, amazon, analytic, anthropology, Apocalyptic, authors, blasphemy, blog-friends, book, ceremonial, Charles Cameron, counterterrorism, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, death, dystopia, extremists, gangs, historians, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, interdisciplinary, law enforcement, magic, management of barbarism / savagery, myth, narcoterror, networks, non-state actors, occult, organizations, primary loyalties, psychology, radicalization, Religion, robert j. bunker, sacred, sacrifice, sane / insane, secret, sectarian, social networks, society, state failure, symbolism, terrorism, Theology, theory, torture, transnational criminal organization, tribes, tyrrell, war, warriors | Comments Off on Announcing ! BLOOD SACRIFICES

• ISIS: Paganism with an Islamic Face?

October 7th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, ancient history, Apocalyptic, barbaric, blasphemy, ceremonial, counterterrorism, culture, david ronfeldt, decapitation, dystopia, extremists, Fascism, genocide, history, ideas, insurgency, IS, ISIS, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, JM Berger, Mahdist, mideast, Morality, myth, non-state actors, Perception, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, punishment, radicalization, Religion, sacrament, sacred, sacrifice, scriptures, secret, sectarian, secular, sharia, symbolism, Tactics, terrorism, Theology, theory, values, war, warriors | 10 comments

• Intellectuals and their Romance with Political Barbarism

July 4th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, analytic, arab world, authoritarian, barbaric, caliph, Charles Cameron, Communism, comparative, cultural intelligence, culture, dictator, dystopia, egypt, europe, extremists, Failed State, Fascism, foreign policy, Germany, history, hitler, Ho Chi Minh, ideas, intellectuals, iraq, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Liberalism, Mahdist, meme, mideast, Musings, narrative, nazis, neoconservatism, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, power, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, question, radicalization, revolution, society, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, sunni, synthesis, Tactics, Taliban, theory, totalitarianism, Uncategorized | 21 comments