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Democratic backsliding, increased great power competition, hate speech and violence, mass atrocities and genocides, civil wars, revolution and counter-revolution, reactionary movements against women's and minority rights, advancements in surveillance, censorship, and policing technologies, and war--the 21st century has become increasingly repressive and dangerous for political participation across the globe. At the same time, there has been increased protest and a proliferation of resistance movements. This seeming paradox has raised many questions among publics, academics, and policy makers, including: What motivates people to resist at the risk of their lives and livelihoods? What actions do people choose to resist repression and oppression and why, and when do resistance strategies change? What causes people to come together or fall out over whether and how to resist? When and why does resistance under repressive conditions escalate or fade away? This edited volume presents our current state of knowledge as well as new research and theorizing on these questions about the psychology of resistance in violent and repressive contexts. The chapters in this volume represent a broad range of diverse contexts and contemporary as well as historical experiences of repression, violence, and resistance in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America--from cyberwars to civil wars, from police and state repression to pogroms and genocide. Taken together, this volume highlights the importance of considering the sociopolitical and historical contexts of resistance, the heterogeneity and complexity of psychological paths to resistance, and the variety of strategies people adopt to enact resistance to violence and repression.

Wie setzen sich ehemalige jüdische Lagerhäftlinge und Emigranten im Alter mit ihren Erinnerungen an Deportation, Lagerhaft und Vertreibung sowie mit vielfältigen anderen Verlusten auseinander, in einer Lebensphase, in der die Intensität dieser Erinnerungen wieder deutlich zunimmt? Die Gesprächspartnerinnen und Gesprächspartner der Autoren leben heute in verschiedenen Ländern der Welt. Doch keinem ist Deutschland, seine Geschichte und Kultur gleichgültig. Auch jene, die sich entschieden haben, nie wieder nach Deutschland zurückzukehren, beschäftigen sich innerlich mit diesem Land. Ein Teil der befragten Personen ist im Alter wieder nach Deutschland zurückgekehrt. Wie haben diese Menschen versucht, sich hier wieder neu zu orientieren? Das Buch bemüht sich auf solider wissenschaftlicher Grundlage, Antworten auf diese Fragen zu geben.

'Even paranoids have enemies'is the reply Golda Meir is said to have made to Henry Kissinger who, during the 1973 Sinai talks, accused her of being paranoid for hesitating to grant further concessions to the Arabs. It is used as part of the title of this book to highlight the complex relationship between paranoia and persecution.The politics of the Middle East, the pressures within Japanese society, the dynamics of the drug scene, racism, and the effects of mechanical thinking in institutions and cultures all serve to illustrate in this book the intimate connections between paranoia and persecution. Contributors examine the ways in which paranoia and persecution are experienced at the individual, institutional and macrosocial level. They draw on theoretical perspectives from a range of disciplines in an exploration of both the psychological impact of paranoid processes and the extent to which these processes are rooted in political and cultural exigency.