Landscapes of the Jihad Militancy, Morality, Modernity

Name: Landscapes of the Jihad Militancy, Morality, Modernity
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ISBN: 9780801444371

ISBN-10: 0801444373

ISBN-13: 9780801444371

Edition: 2011

Authors: Faisal Devji

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"Landscapes of the Jihad explores the features that Al Qaeda and other strands of militant Islam share in common with global movements such as environmentalists and anti-globalisation protesters. These include a decentralised organisation and an emphasis on ethical rather than properly political action. Devji brings these and other characteristics of Al Qaeda together in an analysis of the jihad that locates it squarely within the transformation of political thought after the Cold War." "The jihad emerges from the breakdown of traditional as well as modern forms of authority in the Muslim world. It is neither dogmatic in an old fashioned way nor ideological in the modern sense, and…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 10/5/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.682

Faisal Devji is Reader in Indian History and Fellow of St Antonyï¿½e(tm)s College at the University of Oxford.



Acknowledgements


Preface



Effects without Causes



A Democratic History of Holy War



Monotheistic Geographies



Media and Martyrdom



The Death of God



New World Order


Notes


Index