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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813236403321

Autore

Haleem Irm.

Titolo

The essence of Islamist extremism : recognition through violence, freedom through death / / Irm Haleem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-67431-4

1-136-67432-2

0-203-80927-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in political Islam ; ; 8

Disciplina

320.5/57

Soggetti

Violence - Religious aspects - Islam

Political violence - Religious aspects - Islam

Islam and politics

Islamic fundamentalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 conceptual