So How Do You Feel about That? Talking with Provos about Emotion

Debra Smith

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2018, vol. 41, issue 6, 433-449

Abstract: Participation in political violence draws on identities and world views that have been shaped and influenced by emotion. This article uses data drawn from interviews conducted with 15 former members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army to highlight some of the ways that emotion is intertwined with decisions to use violence in pursuit of a substate political goal. Six themes emerge that help to demonstrate how participant's emotional lives have helped to build the identities, beliefs, and motivations that have led to violent acts. The study illuminates how the experience, elicitation, and management of emotions played an integral role in the participant's trajectory towards violence.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2017.1323467

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