Envy, Emotional Urgency, and Radicalization: The Impulsive Route is Paved in Malice

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Michael Moncrieff Pierre Lienard a Department of International Public Law & International Organization, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerlandb Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USAMichael Moncrieff is a postdoctoral researcher in social science at the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva, Department of International Public Law and International Organization. He is affiliated with the Global Studies Institute at UNIGE and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. He specializes in the sociopolitical and psychological causes of radicalization, the social dynamics of terrorist organizations, and the effectiveness of counterterrorism policies. Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, his research contributes to the project ‘Preventing and Combating Terrorism and Violent Extremism: Towards a Legal-Empirical Approach.Pierre Lienard is a professor in Sociocultural Anthropology at The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. His research on informal institutions, social coordination, radicalization and cultural evolution blends the theoretical import of various disciplines such as anthropology, evolutionary and cognitive psychologies, behavioral ecology, sociology, political science, history, and institutional studies.

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