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Representing Jihad : the Appearing and Disappearing Radical.

The jihad has been at the centre of the West's securitization discourse for more than a decade. Theorists frequently use the jihadist as a discursive tool to further their military and market agendas, helped by Muslim interlocutors, who all too often play the role of the 'good' Muslim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Rourke, Jacqueline
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Zed Books, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Homo islamicus : beyond 'good' and 'bad'
  • The vanishing jihadist : bin Laden and the Arab revolutions
  • Constructing the 'bad' Muslim : jihad, Orientalism and the militarization of Muslim lands
  • Contextualizing 'bad' Muslims : jihad, globalization and anti-Orientalism
  • Ree(a)l jihadists : the media-tion of intentions
  • Recovering invisible traces : jihad and postcolonialism
  • Humanism and Islam : jihad and postsecularism
  • Conclusion. Universalization of universes of resistance.