Le Monde is running today - in French translation - a mind-bending piece on the ISIS question. Written by an anthropologist who is both a researcher in France, and a lecturer at Oxford, the longish and complex piece tries to make sense of the persistance of the EI phenomenon.
The take-away for me: Europe is a much harder place for Muslim immigrants to integrate than America!? Perhaps because they are more numerous??
My personal hunch on the issue: radicalization is tied to internet culture, whose tone and personal space is very inclusive as long as one is sufficiently nerd-chic.
https://aeon.co/essays/why-isis-has-the-potential-to-be-a-world-altering-revolution
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