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Scott Atran

@ScottAtran

Anthropologist and co-founder of Artis International @ResearchArtis

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Joined October 2011
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1/6 In the wake of Taliban success, my new editorial for @ScienceMagazine on how we can better understand the will to fight of Devoted Actors and why interventions that overvalue material assets fail: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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5/6 Clearly, we can’t defeat such people solely with exhibitions of wealth and shows of force. But we have a much deeper toolbox for avoiding intractable conflicts. Let’s use it!
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6/6 These referenced findings are drawn from ongoing research conducted by partnerships involving @OxfordCCW, @UNED, @UABBarcelona, @AF_Academy and my organization @ResearchArtis, with support from @NSF, @DoDMinerva.
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Full Circle talks to Scott Atran - Short interview youtu.be/zi0H2gXBjNw via @YouTube
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Versions of nihilism: Jihadism and far-right fanaticism viewed as responses to the same malaise economist.com/blogs/erasmus/… via @TheEconomist
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Collapse of Cultures & The Dark Side of Globalization: Radical Islam and the alt-Right – aeon.co/essays/radical-islam… via @aeonmag
Radical Islam and the alt-Right are not so different | Aeon Essays

Radical Islam and the alt-Right are not so different | Aeon Essays

Unleashed by globalisation’s dark side and the collapse of communities, radical Islam and the alt-Right share a common cause

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Radical Islam and the alt-Right are not so different – aeon.co/essays/radical-islam… via @aeonmag
Radical Islam and the alt-Right are not so different | Aeon Essays

Radical Islam and the alt-Right are not so different | Aeon Essays

Unleashed by globalisation’s dark side and the collapse of communities, radical Islam and the alt-Right share a common cause

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L’EI vaincu ? Pas si vite… liberation.fr/debats/2017/10… via @libe
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ISIS After the Caliphate nybooks.com/daily/2017/10/19… via @nybooks
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Scott Atran: People need purpose and meaning to embrace Europe @EURACTIV eurac.tv/9cPU
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Scott Atran: "Die EU muss den Menschen Sinnhaftigkeit bieten" - EURACTIV.de eurac.tv/9d20
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cognitionandculture.net/?p=5… The devoted actor’s will to fight and the spiritual dimension of human conflict nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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Values can be more important than family. Why some are willing to do horrible things for the sake of their 'cause'. ow.ly/JbYv30f51q9
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Posvátné hodnoty aneb proč jsou lidé ochotní položit život za Islámský stát vtm.zive.cz/clanky/posvatne-…
Posvátné hodnoty aneb proč jsou lidé ochotní položit život za Islámský stát

Posvátné hodnoty aneb proč jsou lidé ochotní položit život za Islámský stát

Pryč jsou doby „bratrů ve zbrani“ • Ochota obětovat život v boji má dnes jiné důvody než za 2. světové války • U bojovníků Islámského státu a mnoha dalších hraje prim oddanost posvátným hodnotám

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IS-krigere i sjældne int... videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/…
Terrorismo: O que faz alguém querer (tanto) lutar e morrer? publico.pt/2017/09/05/cienci…
Terrorismo: O que faz alguém querer (tanto) lutar e morrer?

Terrorismo: O que faz alguém querer (tanto) lutar e morrer?

Os cientistas foram, literalmente, para a “linha da frente” de combate entre as forças do Daesh e os seus opositores. Numa zona de batalha perto de Mossul, questionaram representantes de vários...

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LeScienze@le_scienze5 Sep 2017
#terrorismo #psicologia #comportamento I sacri valori di chi combatte per o contro l'ISIS tinyurl.com/y9wzoyxr
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