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4 - Seeking the Self in the Extreme

White Extremism, Exclusion, and Threat to Self

from Part I - The Link between Exclusion and Extremism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

By
Verena Graupmann  and
Eric D. Wesselmann
Edited by
Michaela Pfundmair ,
Andrew H. Hales  and
Kipling D. Williams
Michaela Pfundmair
Affiliation:
Federal University of Administrative Sciences, Germany
Andrew H. Hales
Affiliation:
University of Mississippi
Kipling D. Williams
Affiliation:
Purdue University, Indiana
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Summary

White extremism has been a rising trend in North American and European countries over the past two decades. Despite the systemically engrained privileged status of people who identify as white in US society, one of the causes of white extremism is a perceived threat of being sidelined/disadvantaged by individuals with non-white identities. For example, the mainstreaming of the great replacement theory among right-wing media outlets and politicians demonstrates this perception. We examine this perception, and white extremism rhetoric and radicalization broadly, within the context of social exclusion at both the individual and systemic levels. We further embed this analysis within theories and research focused on concepts of “the self,” social identity, and related psychological needs usually impacted by social exclusion. We recommend researchers and practitioners interested in extremism and radicalization to intentionally consider self-related theories and constructs going forward.

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white extremismwhite supremacyselfidentityexclusionostracismrejectiongreat replacement theorythreatradicalization
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Exclusion and Extremism
A Psychological Perspective
 , pp. 74 - 96
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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