R
adicalization (or radicalisation) is a
process by which an individual, or
group comes to adopt increas-
ingly extreme political, social, or religious ideals
and aspirations that reject or undermine
the status quo or undermine contemporary ideas
and expressions of the nation.
lent, although most academic literature focuses
on radicalization into violent extremism. It
therefore refers to the beliefs and actions of peo-
ple who support or use motivated violence to
achieve ideological, religious or political views.
Though ―radicalization‖ is a contested term to
some, it has come to be used to define the proc-
The outcomes of radicalization are shaped by ess through which an individual or a group con-
the ideas of the society at large; for example, siders violence as a legitimate and a desirable
radicalism can originate from a broad social means of action.
consensus against progressive changes in soci-
ety or from a broad desire for change in society. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radicalization)
Radicalization can be both violent and nonvio-
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