Representing Jihad The Appearing And Disappearing Radical
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781780322629
Description: 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 explaining the motifs of the 'bad'. Representing Jihad skilfully critiques the debate around the jihadist, arguing that Muslim theory and fiction have been commodified to cater to the needs of Western ideology.