Landscapes of the Jihad
Subtitle: militancy, morality, modernity
By: Faisal Devji.
Series: Crises in world politics
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Qaida (Organization); Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.; Jihad.; Globalization.
Description: "Landscapes of the Jihad explores the features that Al Qaeda and other strands of militant Islam share in common with global movements such as environmentalists and anti-globalisation protesters. These include a decentralised organisation and an emphasis on ethical rather than properly political action. Devji brings these and other characteristics of Al Qaeda together in an analysis of the jihad that locates it squarely within the transformation of political thought after the Cold War." "The jihad emerges from the breakdown of traditional as well as modern forms of authority in the Muslim world. It is neither dogmatic in an old fashioned way nor ideological in the modern sense, and concerned neither with correct doctrinal practice in the present nor with some revolutionary utopia of the future. Instead it is fragmented, dispersed and highly individualistic."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Simultaneously published in the United Kingdom by C. Hurst & Co."