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  • 6 - Extremism and Exclusion

  • from Part II - Drivers of the Exclusion–Extremism Link
  • Edited by Michaela Pfundmair, Federal University of Administrative Sciences, Germany, Andrew H. Hales, University of Mississippi, Kipling D. Williams, Purdue University, Indiana
  • Book:
    Exclusion and Extremism
    Published online:
    16 May 2024
    Print publication:
    23 May 2024, pp 123-140

  • Summary

    Extremism of all types arises from a motivational imbalance wherein one need outweighs all other needs. When such a process occurs, more means to achieving the focal goal, including those considered extreme, become available to the individual. Presently, we focus on the need for significance, an existential social need. When the quest for significance is dominant, an individual may be willing to make extreme sacrifices in order to achieve their goal. The quest for significance can be activated through many different means, one of which is the loss of significance through exclusion. When one perceives that they have been excluded, their motivation to regain respect is activated. When this motivation to restore significance comes to suppress one’s other needs, the individual becomes willing to engage in activities they may have previously considered socially unacceptable, including joining extreme groups and participating in violence, in order to fulfill their quest for significance.