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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826486803321

Autore

Morris Travis <1973-, >

Titolo

Dark ideas : how neo-Nazi and violent jihadi ideologues shaped modern terrorism / / Travis Morris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-4872-5

0-7391-9105-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 pages)

Disciplina

320.53/30973

Soggetti

Neo-Nazism - United States - History

Right-wing extremists - United States - History

Islamic fundamentalism - History

Terrorism - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Manufacturing divine traitors : Sayyid Qutb and Ben Klassen -- The need to weaponize ideas : Anwar al-Awlaki and William Pierce -- Strategizing new violence : Abdullah Azzam and Louis Beam -- Shifting the targeting paradigm : Osama bin Laden and George Lincoln Rockwell -- The need to create soft extremism : Mohammed Maqdisi and David Duke -- The way forward : focus on the source, not just the symptoms -- Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

Dark Ideas provides readers with a different method of understanding how ideas can transform violent extremism. Over recent decades, violent jihadi and neo-Nazi ideologues have continued to promote new strategic and tactical innovations that shaped the evolution of terrorism. Many of these "dark" innovations have now become accepted practices by groups and individuals, yet they are rarely examined.