Many models have been proposed to explain the opinion formation in a group of individuals; most of these models study the opinion propagation as the interaction between nodes/agents in a social network. The opinion formation is a very complex process and a realistic model should also take into account the important feedbacks that the opinions of the agents have on the structure of the social ne...

Modeling the conditions for the emergence of extremism is a very important problem, with clear applications for describing the interaction among individuals. Traditional models either are not suited for the task, as in the case of discrete models, or, like Bounded Confidence models, are built with rules that make opinions tend to a common ground between agents or not change at all. Continuous O...

Although the legal acts of recent years often use concept «ideological extremism», none them contain its definition. The author attempts to describe contents by analyzing both Russian and international legislation on counteracting extremism. It is concluded that definition extremism in fact lacking legislation, following formulated: ideology practice illegal influence bodies power citizens moti...

The article provides a study of the retrospective emergence and formation an understandingof extremism. author refers to etymology very concept “extremism”. term “extremism”originates from Latin word “extremus”, which in translation into Russian means “extreme, excessive”,going beyond established limits norms. Based on etymology, extremism can be interpreted as acommitment extreme views, method...

this paper argues that we will never get rid of the extremist mentality unless the dualist view prevails and is taught as part of the educational system. the dualist view takes account of both sides of an argument whereas the extremist view promotes one side unequivocally without considering the merits of the opposing view. the merits of the dualist view can be taught in schools so that everyon...

Global recruitment into radical Islamic movements has spurred renewed interest in the appeal of political extremism. Is the appeal a rational response to material conditions or is it the expression of psychological and personality disorders associated with aggressive behavior, intolerance, conspiratorial imagination, and paranoia? Empirical answers using surveys have been limited by lack of acc...

Contents in extremist online forums are invaluable data sources for extremism reseach. In this study, we propose a systematic Web mining approach to collecting and monitoring extremist forums. Our proposed approach identifies extremist forums from various resources, addresses practical issues faced by researchers and experts in the extremist forum collection process. Such collection provides a ...

among the deciples of holy imams baqir and sadiq, some figures are more influential and prominent than others. of these is jābir ibn yazid joʿfi who was most endowed with the knowledge of imam baqir. although he was regarded as a prominent scholar of imamiyyah and some works were attributed to him, there are reports implying his fault and blameworthiness. furthermore, after his death the extrem...

The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, together with the National Center for Scientific Research of France (CNRS) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), convened a workshop in Paris on June 2021, 2017, to consider the roots and trajectories of violent extremism. The goal was to identify common interests and priorities that could provide the basis for sustained c...

The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, together with the National Center for Scientific Research of France (CNRS) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), convened a workshop in Paris on June 2021, 2017, to consider the roots and trajectories of violent extremism. The goal was to identify common interests and priorities that could provide the basis for sustained c...