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

• Autore: Haleem Irm.
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.5/57
• Soggetto topico: Violence - Religious aspects - Islam; Political violence - Religious aspects - Islam; Islam and politics; Islamic fundamentalism
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The essence of Islamist extremism
• ISBN: 1-136-67431-4; 1-136-67432-2; 0-203-80927-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778911603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Political Islam