Julia Ebner mène des recherches sur l'extrémisme en ligne, se concentrant sur la manière dont les extrémistes et les terroristes exploitent la sphère numérique. En tant que consultante en extrémisme en ligne, elle collabore avec de nombreuses organisations gouvernementales, des forces de l'ordre et des institutions internationales. Son approche analytique du sujet repose sur des recherches approfondies et une expérience pratique. Par le biais de ses publications et de ses apparitions publiques, elle s'efforce de sensibiliser aux menaces de l'extrémisme en ligne et de proposer des solutions pour sa prévention.
'Piercingly revelatory ... a tour de force' - Carl Miller, author of The Death of the Gods'...a must-read ' - Eliot Higgins, author of We Are Bellingcat'A timely and frighteningly revealing book' - Richard Kerbaj, author of The Secret History of the Five EyesThe internationally bestselling author of Going Dark:[Bokinfo].
The early twenty-first century has been defined by a rise in Islamist radicalisation and a concurrent rise in far right extremism. This book explores the interaction between the 'new' far right and Islamist extremists and considers the consequences for the global terror threat. Julia Ebner argues that far right and Islamist extremist narratives - 'The West is at war with Islam' and 'Muslims are at war with the West' - complement each other perfectly, making the two extremes rhetorical allies and building a spiralling torrent of hatred - 'The Rage'. By looking at extremist movements both online and offline, she shows how far right and Islamist extremists have succeeded in penetrating each other's echo chambers as a result of their mutually useful messages. Based on first-hand interviews, this book introduces readers to the world of reciprocal radicalisation and the hotbeds of extremism that have developed - with potentially disastrous consequences - in the UK, Europe and the US.
A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Engaging and visceral ... Reads like a thriller' Financial Times 'Riveting and often deeply disturbing ... A punch to the stomach' Sunday Times 'Ebner has done some gutsy, thought-provoking research' Sunday Telegraph 'Fascinating and important' Spectator By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside. But two years ago, she began to feel she was only seeing half the picture; she needed to get inside the groups to truly understand them. She decided to go undercover in her spare hours - late nights, holidays, weekends - adopting five different identities, and joining a dozen extremist groups from across the ideological spectrum. Her journey would take her from a Generation Identity global strategy meeting in a pub in Mayfair, to a Neo-Nazi Music Festival on the border of Germany and Poland. She would get relationship advice from 'Trad Wives' and Jihadi Brides and hacking lessons from ISIS. She was in the channels when the alt-right began planning the lethal Charlottesville rally, and spent time in the networks that would radicalise the Christchurch terrorist. In Going Dark, Ebner takes the reader on a deeply compulsive journey into the darkest recesses of extremist thinking, exposing how closely we are surrounded by their fanatical ideology every day, the changing nature and practice of these groups, and what is being done to counter them.
The early 21st century has been defined by a rise in Islamist radicalization and a concurrent rise in far right extremism. The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far Right Extremism explores the interaction between the "new" far right and Islamist extremists and considers the consequences for the global terror threat. Julia Ebner argues that far right and Islamist extremist narratives - "The West is at war with Islam" and "Muslims are at war with the West" - complement each other perfectly, making the two extremes rhetorical allies and building a spiralling torrent of hatred - The Rage. By looking at extremist movements both online and offline, she shows how far right and Islamist extremists have succeeded in penetrating each other's echo chambers as a result of their mutually useful messages. Based on first-hand interviews, this book introduces readers to the world of reciprocal radicalization and the hotbeds of extremism that have developed - with potentially disastrous consequences - in the UK, Europe and the U.S.
By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside, but two years ago, she began to feel that she was only seeing half the picture. She needed to get inside the groups to truly understand them. So she decided to go undercover in her spare hours - late nights, holidays, weekends - adopting five different identities, and joining a dozen extremist groups from across the ideological spectrum. Her journey would take her from a Generation Identity global strategy meeting in a pub in Mayfair, to a Neo-Nazi Music Festival on the border of Germany and Poland. She would get relationship advice from 'Trad Wives' and Jihadi Brides and hacking lessons from ISIS. She was in the channels when the alt-right began planning the lethal Charlottesville rally, and spent time in the networks that would radicalise the Christchurch terrorist. In Going Dark, Ebner takes the reader on a deeply compulsive, terrifying, illuminating journey into the darkest recesses of extremist thinking, exposing how closely we are surrounded by their fanatical ideology every day, the changing nature and practice of these groups, and what is being done to counter them.
Der Extremismus ist auf dem Vormarsch in Europa und den USA. Lassen sich westliche Demokratien in eine Spirale der Wut ziehen, die sowohl Islamisten als auch Rechtsradikalen zugute kommt? Die Extremismusforscherin Julia Ebner beschäftigt sich länderübergreifend mit Gruppierungen unterschiedlicher Ausrichtung. Mit gezielten Undercover-Recherchen und Gesprächen mit Radikalen beider Seiten zeigt sie, wie sich die Strategien von Islamismus und Rechtsradikalismus wechselseitig ergänzen und verstärken. Mit hetzerischer Rhetorik - online wie offline - schüren sie Hass und treiben einen Keil in die Gesellschaft: die eigene Gruppe wird zum Opfer, die andere zum Feind. Wird dadurch der von beiden Seiten als „unvermeidbar“ propagierte Krieg zwischen dem Islam und dem Westen zur realen Gefahr? Die Autorin geht den Ursachen der wechselseitigen Radikalisierung auf den Grund und zeigt, wie Extremisten Angst, Verunsicherung und Wut instrumentalisieren.
