Engaging in extreme activism in support of others' political struggles: The role of politically motivated fusion with out-groups.
Humans are a coalitional, parochial species. Yet, extreme actions of solidarity are sometimes taken for distant or unrelated groups. What motivates people to become solidary with groups to which they do not belong originally? Here, we demonstrate that such distant solidarity can occur when the perce...
Main Authors: | Jonas R Kunst, Beverly Boos, Sasha Y Kimel, Milan Obaidi, Maor Shani, Lotte Thomsen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5755793?pdf=render |
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