Psycho - Social Origins of Violence and Political Extremism

Violence and political extremism in various forms such as riots, protests, social turbulence, political violence and revolution, are the main issues in human life. The main question of this paper is what are the meaning of violence and political extremism? Which of psychological, social and political aspects, as the most important variables are involved in violence and political extremism? How we can explain violence and political extremism from theoretical and methodic approaches? Considering the importance of the issue, most political analysts and researchers have tried to discuss the individual and collective human behavior, underlying causes of extremism and political violence. Developing initiatives needed to analyze the conceptual areas of grounds that could be ‘why some people are inclined to violence and political extremism’. The most important issues that are discussed are effects of socialization processes of violence and political extremism, and finally conclusions will be discussed.