Healing from Hate: How Young Men Get Into―and Out of―Violent Extremism

285 Pages·2018·2.576 MB·English

by  Michael Kimmel

Healing from Hate
how young men get into—and
out of—violent extremism
Michael Kimmel
university of california press
a NAOMI SCHNEIDER book
The publisher and the University of California Press Foundation grate-
fully acknowledge the generous support of the Anne G. Lipow Endowment
Fund in Social Justice and Human Rights.
Healing from Hate

Healing from Hate
how young men get into—and
out of—violent extremism
Michael Kimmel
university of california press
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© 2018 by Michael Kimmel
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kimmel, Michael S., author.
Title: Healing from hate : how young men get into-and out of-violent
extremism / Michael Kimmel.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifi ers: lccn 2017038789 (print) | lccn 2017044327 (ebook) |
isbn 9780520966086 () | isbn 9780520292635 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects: lcsh: Right-wing extremists—Case studies. | Masculinity—
Psychological aspects. | White supremacy movements.
Classifi cation: lcc hn49.r33 (ebook) | lcc hn49.r33 .k56 2018 (print) |
DDC 320.53/3—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017038789
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To the memory of my grandmother, Beryl Michtom
And to the memory of my father, Edwin Kimmel

Hate between men comes from cutting ourselves off from
one another. Because we don’t want anyone to look inside
us, since it’s not a pretty sight in there.
Ludwig Wittgenstein