On Sin and Sacrifice: How Intrinsic Religiosity and Sexual-Guilt Create Support for Martyrdom

Bélanger, Jocelyn J.; Kruglanski, Arie W.; Kessels, Ursula

doi:10.7454/proust.v2i2.40

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“…We assume that such grievance is implicated in the negative evaluations of national ethics, which we found consequential in provoking Muslims’ radicalism. This observation resonates with the theoretical arguments of Belanger et al (2019) suggesting that radicalism arises in part because of people’s desire to restore the loss of life significance. Within the context of our work, this mechanism describes how some Indonesian Muslims, regardless of their status as a majority and dominant group, subjectively experience feelings of deprivation denoting a perceived negative condition and become radicalized in their efforts to establish Islamic country, a condition that is perceived as positive and ideal.…”

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Negative Evaluations of National Ethics and Its Impact on Islamic Radicalism

Ludigdo

Mashuri

2021

Sage Open

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This research set out to examine the role of negative evaluations of national ethics in escalating Islamic radicalism. To this end, we conducted three studies among samples of Muslims in Indonesia. In Study 1b involving 610 participants, we tested in an explorative way the latent structure or the number of dimensions of negative evaluations of national ethics reflecting the perceived immorality, illegitimacy, and inefficiency of national ethics based on participants’ religious beliefs. We confirmed the number of dimensions of the negative evaluations of national ethics in Study 2 ( N = 214), which also showed as expected how they augmented feelings of in-group superiority and tendencies to justify violence. These radical beliefs ultimately evoked intentions to carry out unlawful collective actions and offensive Jihad, negative intergroup attitudes such as out-group blame and negative group-based emotions such as anger. We also observed in Study 2 how the acknowledgment or awareness that Islam and the nation are of equal importance to the Indonesian context, which we referred to as dual identity centrality, explained fewer negative evaluations of national ethics. In Study 3, we recruited 583 participants through an online experiment devised as an intervention that proved significant for the enhancement of dual identity centrality. Designed as an extension of Study 2 in which radical beliefs were complemented with radical thoughts such as dogmatic intolerance, Study 3 also demonstrated that each of those radical tendencies significantly contributed to negative group-based attitudes and emotions, as well as motivations to engage in violent actions. What can be derived from these empirical findings is that dual identity centrality holds potential for reducing the negative evaluations of national ethics, which in turn may overcome Islamic radicalism along with its detrimental intergroup consequences.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Negative Evaluations of National Ethics and Its Impact on Islamic Radicalism

Ludigdo

Mashuri

2021

Sage Open

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“…Belanger and colleagues (2019) induced a sense of sexual guilt in religious participants and found that participants in the significance-loss condition scored significantly higher on a self-sacrifice scale (Bélanger et al, 2014). These findings attest that a temporary loss of significance can be situationally induced, which then prompts attempts at significance restoration.…”

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confidence: 99%

Significance-Quest Theory

Kruglanski

Molinario

Jaśko

et al. 2022

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Even though the motivation to feel worthy, to be respected, and to matter to others has been identified for centuries by scholars, the antecedents, consequences, and conditions of its activation have not been systematically analyzed or integrated. The purpose of this article is to offer such an integration. We feature a motivational construct, the quest for significance, defined as the need to have social worth. This need is typically fulfilled by a sense of measuring up to the values one shares with significant others. Our significance-quest theory (SQT) assumes that the need for significance is universal, whereas the means of satisfying it depend on the sociocultural context in which one’s values are embedded. Those means are identified in a narrative supported and validated by one’s network, or reference group. The quest for significance is activated by significance loss and/or the opportunity for significance gain. It motivates behavior that aims to affirm, realize, and/or show commitment to an important value. The SQT is consistent with large bodies of prior research and supported by novel studies in multiple laboratory and field settings. It transcends prior understandings and offers guidance for further study of this essential human motivation.

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“…These concepts map well onto the 3N model of radicalization (Kruglanski et al, 2014; Kruglanski, Bélanger, & Gunaratna, 2019), which proposes three major determinants of radicalization that progresses into violent extremism. The first determinant is the need: individuals’ universal desire for personal significance, the sense that one’s life has meaning (Bélanger, Kruglanski, & Kessels, 2019; Dugas et al, 2016; Kruglanski, Gelfand, Bélanger, Hetiarachchi, & Gunaratna, 2015). This corresponds to the feeling of self-uncertainty that plagues individuals with an obsessive (but not harmonious) passion (e.g., Bélanger et al, 2013a; Lafrenière et al, 2011).…”

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Supporting political violence: The role of ideological passion and social network

Bélanger

Robbins

Muhammad

et al. 2020

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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This research examines how social networks contribute to the process of radicalization, building on work showing that obsessive (vs. harmonious) passion for a cause is linked to greater support for political violence. Study 1 ( N = 331) shows that obsessive (vs. harmonious) passion is related to affiliating with radical (vs. moderate) social networks, which in turn is associated with support for political violence. Study 2 ( N = 381) provides experimental evidence for this phenomenon, by showing that inducing an obsessive mindset produces a greater proclivity to connect with radical activists, which in turn is associated with greater support for political violence. Drawing from social network analysis, Study 3 ( N = 366) shows that network density intensifies obsessively passionate individuals’ affiliation to radical networks. The results offer insight into the group processes behind radicalization across different cultural contexts and ideologies.

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On Sin and Sacrifice: How Intrinsic Religiosity and Sexual-Guilt Create Support for Martyrdom

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Negative Evaluations of National Ethics and Its Impact on Islamic Radicalism

Negative Evaluations of National Ethics and Its Impact on Islamic Radicalism

Significance-Quest Theory

Supporting political violence: The role of ideological passion and social network

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