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Far out : the lives of former extremists and what they teach us
McDonald-Gibson, Charlotte2023
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What makes an extremist? From obscure cults to revolutionary movements, people have always been seduced by fringe beliefs. And in today's deeply divided world, more people than ever are drawn to polarising ideologies. All too often we simply condemn those whose positions offend us, instead of trying to understand what draws people to the far edges of society - and what can pull them back again. In Far Out, we meet eight people from across religious, ideological, and national divides who found themselves drawn to radical beliefs, including a young man who became the face of white supremacy in Trump-era America, a Norwegian woman sucked into a revolutionary conspiracy in the 1980s, a schoolboy who left Britain to fight in Syria, and an Australian from the far-left Antifa movement. By immersing us in their stories, McDonald-Gibson challenges our ideas of who or what an extremist is, and shows us not only what we can do to prevent extremism in the future, but how we can start healing the rifts in our world today.
Main title:
Far out : the lives of former extremists and what they teach us / Charlotte McDonald-Gibson.
Author:
McDonald-Gibson, Charlotte, author
Imprint:
London : Granta Books, 2023.
Collation:
xviii, 274 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published in Great Britain by Granta Books in 2022 with the subtitle "Encounters with Extremists".Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781783786473 (paperback)
Dewey class:
303.484 MAC303.484
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
83557
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