Radicalised people are broken people with fractured bonds
Radical extremism has increased by 320% in the last five years and cost the world an estimated US$14.1 trillion as of 2018. It’s a worldwide problem. From the agitations of separatist movements and Boko Haram militia in Africa to an apocalypse of neo-Nazi and far-right groups in America, Europe, and Australia, the surge is harming societies in unprecedented ways. People adopt radical behaviours for many reasons. Most popular among them are socio-cultural and political triggers such as territorial control, politics, and the display of weaponry. Research often isolates the underlying psychological processes and developmental issues that make people susceptible to adopting radical behaviours. One of such issues is the disruption of the bond of attachment in people’s…
