This bachelor thesis analyses both historical and current forms as well as dimensions of mobilization for violence in the Chechen context. The latter is defined as an escalation of narrative that consistently creates a rift between the interactions of "self" and "other" groups, both of which feel comparable in feelings of alienation and deprivation by the "harmful" actions of the ''other'' group. Mobilization for violent action occurs at a time when the perception of them being threatened is so strong that the use of violence seems as a legitimate tool for ''self-defence''. In the Chechen context, three periods of violent mobilization occurred throughout history. The first, nationalist-separatist one, resulted in the declaration of independence shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union and contributed greatly to the unfolding of the first Chechen war. In the second period, violent mobilization was linked to jihadist ideologies in addition to nationalist ideology, culminating in the establishment of the Caucasus Emirate, while the third period was marked by large-scale departures of Chechen fighters to the battlefields of various armed groups of the Syrian civil war. The turning points that marked the Chechen consciousness of its own deprivation and exclusion more intensely, included deportations, wars, widespread discrimination in both the Russian and global public spheres, and persistent violence and formal subordination. In the beginning, a group of foreign and dangerous "others" was symbolized by the Soviets or later the Russians, while today, in the context of Chechen jihadists, ''others'' are presented in form of all infidels along with the repressive regime of Ramzan Kadyrov. The latter dissipated fear within its kindred society on the basis of brutal methods of political repression. The present work analyzes in detail the organization of political repression over time and its effects on violent mobilization.
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