Landscapes of the Jihad : Militancy, Morality, Modernity /

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What are the motives behind Osama bin Laden's and Al-Qaeda's jihad against America and the West? Innumerable attempts have been made in recent years to explain that mysterious worldview. In Landscapes of the Jihad, Faisal Devji focuses on the ethical content of this jihad as opposed to its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Devji, Faisal (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2011]
Colección:Crises in World Politics
Temas:
Globalization.
Jihad.
Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Political Science & Political History.
Religious Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • PREFACE
  • 1. EFFECTS WITHOUT CAUSES
  • 2. A DEMOCRATIC HISTORY OF HOLY WAR
  • 3. MONOTHEISTIC GEOGRAPHIES
  • 4. MEDIA AND MARTYRDOM
  • 5. THE DEATH OF GOD
  • 6. NEW WORLD ORDER
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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