Neither Villains Nor Victims: Towards an Educational Perspective on Radicalisation

This study questions whether the perspectives of security and intelligence serve educators well enough in the early stages of radicalization. Assigned to signal deviant behaviour, educators are unwittingly drawn into a villain-victim imagery of their students. This imagery seems to impede a genuine educational outlook on radicalization. Key notions of this outlook may be ‘critically addressing ideals’ and ‘forming pedagogical coalitions’.