Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss

In Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right, Cynthia Miller-Idriss shifts the conversation about radicalization from the how and why to the when and where, to the life stages and places where extremist beliefs are cultivated and spread. Miller-Idriss reveals the inherently social fabric of radicalization, where everyday spaces of community and belonging—from college campuses and mixed martial arts gyms to clothing stores, online gaming chat rooms and YouTube cooking channels—can inoculate extremism, hate and violence in the mainstream. Away from an exclusive focus on fringe or far-wing groups, the author draws us in to examine the fluid encounters and engagements that young people experience along spiraling pathways of radicalization. In suggesting interventions and antidotes, Miller-Idriss puts forward a “public-health approach to hate” that reduces vulnerabilities, educates on inequity and injustice in the United States and internationally and addresses feelings of alienation and isolation to ultimately locate and reorient towards shared values of belonging and home.