"Militant Islam" vs. "Islamic militancy"?: religion, violence, category formation and applied research : contested fields in the discourses of scholarship
Discourses on 'radical Islam', on 'Islamic extremism', or on 'religious violence' in Islamic contexts are en vogue - in and beyond academia. But in view of the highly contested topic of political Islam, the challenge starts already with the preferred terminology. What a...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Wien Zürich
Lit
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Religionswissenschaft: Forschung und Wissenschaft
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Fundamentalism
/ Militancy
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
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| Summary: | Discourses on 'radical Islam', on 'Islamic extremism', or on 'religious violence' in Islamic contexts are en vogue - in and beyond academia. But in view of the highly contested topic of political Islam, the challenge starts already with the preferred terminology. What actually are we talking about when we talk about 'salafism', 'jihadism', 'Islamic terrorism', etc.? This edited volume provides a collection of contributions that due to their respective academic cultures and disciplinary locations display a multifaceted variety of approaches to the research field and its subject |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben |
| Physical Description: | 267 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 3643912757 |