UID:
almahu_9949203649002882
Format:
1 online resource :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9781350105003
Series Statement:
Violence, desire, and the sacred
Content:
"This book traces the trajectory of militant jihadism to show how violence is more intentionally embraced as the centre of worship, social order and ideology. Undertaking an in-depth analysis of militant jihadist groups and utilising the work of René Girard, Joel Hodge argues that the extreme violence of militant jihadists is a response to modernity in two ways that have not been sufficiently explored by the existing literature. Firstly, it is a manifestation of the unrestrained and escalating state of desire and rivalry in modernity, which militant jihadists seek to counter with extreme violence. Secondly, it is a response to the unveiling and discrediting of sacred violence, which militant jihadists seek to reverse by more purposefully valorising sacred violence in what they believe to be jihad. Relevant to anyone interested in Islam, philosophy of religion, theology, and terrorism, Violence in the Name of God imagines new ways of thinking about militancy in the name of Islam in the twenty-first century."--
Note:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Why Another Book on Jihadism? -- Part I: 1 René Girard's Mimetic Theory -- 2 Violence in Modernity -- Part II: 3 The Islamic Modernity -- 4 The Militant Jihadist Response to Modernity -- 5 The Rise of Violent Jihad -- 6 Jihadism and Violence -- 7 Violence and Identity -- 8 Sacred Jihadist Totalitarianism -- Part III: 9 Why Is God Part of Human Violence? The Idolatrous Nature of Militant Jihadism -- 10 The Sacred and the Holy: Alternatives to Escalating Violence -- Appendix: René Girard at a Glance, Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge -- Glossary of Key Girardian Terms, Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.5040/9781350105003
URL:
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