{"id":7353,"date":"2025-01-27T11:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T11:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extremebeliefs.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=7353"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T11:14:37","slug":"lecture-dont-trust-anyone-trust-only-me-loneliness-trust-and-distrust-in-terrorist-reasoning-by-sanna-tirkkonen","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/extremebeliefs.com\/nl\/event\/lecture-dont-trust-anyone-trust-only-me-loneliness-trust-and-distrust-in-terrorist-reasoning-by-sanna-tirkkonen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture &#8220;Don\u2019t Trust Anyone \u2013 Trust Only Me! Loneliness, Trust, and Distrust in Terrorist Reasoning&#8221; by Sanna Tirkkonen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>When<\/strong>: 7 February 2025, 3.30 p.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Registration<\/strong>: send an e-mail to extremebeliefs.fgw@vu.nl, to receive the location and\/or zoomlink.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lecture by Sanna Tirkkonen.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Don\u2019t Trust Anyone \u2013 Trust Only Me! Loneliness, Trust, and Distrust in Terrorist Reasoning<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Philosophers of trust, such as Annette Baier (1986) and Karen Jones (2019), have suggested that terrorists offer crucial insights into the nature of trust. They argue that terrorists, in their attempts to maximize the impact of their attacks, are adept at identifying and exploiting societal forms of trust. Similarly, in \u201cTerrorism and Trust\u201d (2009), Geoffrey Hosking describes terrorism as stemming from extreme distrust\u2014an acute suspicion or fear that others aim to destroy one\u2019s existence or everything that makes life meaningful. He further argues that terrorism destabilizes societies by eroding trust, creating a climate in which people can no longer rely on the safety of their everyday environments and become suspicious of others.<\/div>\n<div>Despite these insights, the role of trust in terrorist reasoning remains underexplored in the philosophical literature. This presentation addresses this gap by examining the forms of trust and distrust in the manifesto of lone-actor terrorist Anders Behring Breivik. Breivik\u2019s writings reveal a central critique of\u00a0<i>social trust<\/i>, particularly in the high levels of\u00a0<i>interpersonal trust<\/i>\u00a0characteristic of Nordic societies. Paradoxically, while inciting widespread distrust, Breivik promises interpersonal trust among his followers, suggesting that it will shield them from loneliness. Importantly, his manifesto aims to foster a broader\u00a0<i>climate of distrust<\/i>\u00a0on the societal level by undermining people\u2019s trust in their social worlds, perceived reality, and institutions.<\/div>\n<div>This analysis raises several philosophical questions: How should we understand these concepts of trust and distrust in the first place? How should an affective climate be conceptualized in this context\u2014and how do they generate social change? Finally, how are loneliness and a lack of trust intertwined within the mindset of a terrorist? 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