Secular war : myths of religion, politics and violence / / by Stacey Gutkowski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154896703321
• Autore: Gutkowski Stacey
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-7556-1996-X; 0-85772-749-4
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 pages)
• Disciplina: 956.014; 303.6
• Soggetti: Jihad; Secularism; War - Causes; Middle Eastern history; Islamic countries Relations Western countries; Middle East Relations Western countries; Western countries Relations Islamic countries; Western countries Relations Middle East
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 A Shared Cultural Palette: European Origins of British Secular Ways of War -- 2 Developing Secular Habits in War: the Northern Irish Troubles -- 3 The British Secular Habitus up to and including the 9/11 Wars -- 4 War in Afghanistan: From Secular Hysteresis to a Culturalist Approach, 2001 - 2010 -- 5 War in Iraq: Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Question of Secular Democracy, 2003 - 2004 -- 6 War at Home: Pastoral Power and Secular Regimes of Security in Britain, 2005 - 2010 -- 7 Restructuring the Secular Habitus -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "How have long-standing and unconscious secular assumptions about religion shaped the post-9/11 climate and its wars? Stacey Gutkowski explores this little-examined, yet crucial, element of British perceptions of and policy towards Jihadism over the last decade, to draw critical ; conclusions about the relationship between war and the secular. She points to a surprisingly coherent body of secular beliefs that have fuelled policies in Iraq, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism, and that have had mixed results - responsible for both positive strategies and tragic errors. The theory Gutkowski develops on the impact of this secular approach to warfare holds a broader global significance, and cannot be viewed as just a British phenomenon. This book addresses ongoing and critical debates, such as the 'overreach' of Western liberal interventionism in the Middle East, and speaks to policy-makers, security analysts and students of IR, Foreign Policy and Security Studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.