Dr. Ewoud Kieft

One theme recurs strikingly often in his work: radicalisation. Whether it was the war enthusiasts of 1914, or the Nazi sympathisers of the 1920s and 1930s, nineteenth-century converts, or the anti-system movement of the future. Kieft's books and articles revolve around people turning away from the established order and falling under the spell of a truth that tolerates no alternative. And each time, the question arises as to what you can do against that kind of radicalisation; what you can counter against it, and how an open society can defend itself against extremism.