Engagement militant et phénomènes de radicalisation chez les Kurdes de Turquie

Why and how do people engage in a radical movement? To answer this question, this paper analyses two Kurdish movements in Turkey, the PKK and the Hizbullah, under three different aspects. First, the constitution of radical groups is explained as a way for political entrepreneurs without social and e...

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Main Authors: Gilles Dorronsoro, Olivier Grojean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient 2009-08-01
Series:European Journal of Turkish Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/198
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description Why and how do people engage in a radical movement? To answer this question, this paper analyses two Kurdish movements in Turkey, the PKK and the Hizbullah, under three different aspects. First, the constitution of radical groups is explained as a way for political entrepreneurs without social and economic capital to mobilize ressources. Radicalisation is also results of the competition with others groups belonging to the same political field. Secondly, personal dispositions are actualised during the process of adhesion. Here, the first group of militants linked by strong and multiple links has to be distinguished from the second generation, more likely to be made up by isolated individuals. Finally, the paper analyses two ways to bridge the old values of the primary socialization and the new world of the party: values such as charism and honor (namus) work in both universes and biographies (or autobiographies) allow individuals to recreate a coherence in their self-perception.
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Engagement militant et phénomènes de radicalisation chez les Kurdes de Turquie
European Journal of Turkish Studies
militancy
mobilization
kurdish nationalism
Kurdish question
Kurdish movement
militant trajectories
title Engagement militant et phénomènes de radicalisation chez les Kurdes de Turquie
title_full Engagement militant et phénomènes de radicalisation chez les Kurdes de Turquie
title_fullStr Engagement militant et phénomènes de radicalisation chez les Kurdes de Turquie
title_full_unstemmed Engagement militant et phénomènes de radicalisation chez les Kurdes de Turquie
title_short Engagement militant et phénomènes de radicalisation chez les Kurdes de Turquie
title_sort engagement militant et phenomenes de radicalisation chez les kurdes de turquie
topic militancy
mobilization
kurdish nationalism
Kurdish question
Kurdish movement
militant trajectories
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