| Description |
1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Political Islam |
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Routledge studies in political Islam.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; The Essence of Islamist Extremism; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Preliminary note; Introduction; 1. Struggles for recognition and moral consequentialism; 2. Recognition through violence; 3. Self-transcendent recognition; 4. Violence as morality; 5. Essence, motivations, and flawed policies; Concluding remarks: Nothing Islamic about Islamist extremism; Appendix I: On essence; Appendix II: Virgins in heaven; Appendix III: Humanitarian interventions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book provides a critical and a conceptual analysis of radical Islamist rhetoric drawn from temporally and contextually varied Islamist extremist groups, challenging the popular understanding of Islamist extremism as a product of a 'clash-of-civilizations'. Arguing that the essence of Islamist extremism can only be accurately understood by drawing a distinction between the radical Islamist explanations and justifications of violence, the author posits that despite the radical Islamist contextualization of violence within Islamic religious tenets, there is nothing conceptually or distinctly |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203809273 |
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0203809270 |
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