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The Dissenter · 2025-10-03 · 61 min · 7,591 words

#1158 Vibeke Ottesen: The Psychology of Political Violence

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Hello everyone, welcome to a new episode of The Decenter. I'm your host as always, Ricardo Lopes, and today I'm joined by a returned guest, Dr. Vibeka Otessen. And today we're going to talk about what evolutionary psychology or even psychology more generally, also criminology, can tell us about. political violence and the psychology of people who commit political violence, acts of terrorism, and so on.

So Dr. Otessan, welcome back to the show. It's always a pleasure to have you one. Thank you for having me and I believe it's the fourth time I'm here. So thank you so much.

No, that's true, that's true. I always love to have you one. We always have great conversations. So um let me start by asking you so How do you approach political violence from an evolutionary perspective?

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