Violence in the name of God: the militant Jihadist response to modernity
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on Permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Another Book on Jihadism? -- Part I The Context for Militant Jihadism -- 1 René Girard's Mimetic Theory -- 2 Violence in Modernity -- Part II The Sacred Violence of Mil...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
London
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Hodge, Joel, Violence in the name of God : the militant Jihadist response to modernity] (2020) (Kirwan, Michael, 1959 -)
[Rezension von: Hodge, Joel, Violence in the name of God : the militant Jihadist response to modernity] (2022) (Palaver, Wolfgang, 1958 -) |
| Series/Journal: | Violence, Desire, and the Sacred Ser
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
The Modern
/ Struggle against
/ Dschihadismus
/ Terrorism
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Volltext (Click Here Please) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on Permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Another Book on Jihadism? -- Part I The Context for Militant Jihadism -- 1 René Girard's Mimetic Theory -- 2 Violence in Modernity -- Part II The Sacred Violence of Militant Jihadism -- 3 The Islamic Modernity -- 4 The Militant Jihadist Response to Modernity -- 5 The Globalization of Violent Jihad -- 6 Jihadism and Violence -- 7 Violence and Identity -- 8 Sacred Jihadist Totalitarianism -- Part III The Idolatry and Future of Militant Jihadism -- 9 Why is God Part of Human Violence? -- 10 The Sacred and the Holy -- Appendix: René Girard at a Glance -- Glossary of Key Girardian Terms -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1 René Girard's Mimetic Theory -- 2 Violence in Modernity -- 3 The Islamic Modernity -- 4 The Militant Jihadist Response to Modernity -- 5 The Globalization of Violent Jihad -- 6 Jihadism and Violence -- 7 Violence and Identity -- 8 Sacred Jihadist Totalitarianism -- 9 Why is God Part of Human Violence? The Idolatrous Nature of Militant Jihadism -- 10 The Sacred and the Holy: Alternatives to Escalating Violence -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (297 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1350104981 |