This chapter explores the intriguing reasons why typically well-adjusted individuals might join extremist groups like ISIS, emphasizing that the allure is often ideological rather than psychological. It sheds light on the complexities of human nature and the ways ordinary people can be drawn into radicalism in their search for meaning.
Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris of the podcast Making Sense talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about rising Jew-hatred in the West and what Harris sees as the dangers of radical Islam and Jihadism.