Single dramatic life events can trigger both radicalization and deradicalization

Evidence

Both radicalization and deradicalization can be triggered. An individual’s experience of a dramatic, challenging life event, of being at the right place at the right time, can encourage both processes. — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America, 68

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Negative life events predispose but never alone cause radicalization — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 56; Physical crises can both trigger radicalization and catalyze deradicalization — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 298; Economic retrenchment produced defensive embourgeoisement rather than further radicalization — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 140 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Physical crises can both trigger radicalization and catalyze deradicalization #corroborates (0.92) — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America, 298
• Economic retrenchment produced defensive embourgeoisement rather than further radicalization #complicates (0.74) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 140