Islamic political radicalism: a European perspective
Islamic political radicalism in Europe has seen dramatic growth in recent times. This book offers a sociological, anthropological, psychological and political science analysis of the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. Authors explore the motivations behind such radicalism, focusing on an ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
c2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Islam
/ Fundamentalism
/ Radicalism
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Collection of essays
B RELIGION ; Islam ; Theology B Europe B Islam and politics Europe B Islam and politics (Europe) B Radicalism B Electronic books B Radicalism Europe Europe B Radicalism (Europe) B Islam and politics |
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Erscheint auch als: Islamic political radicalism. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007. - 9780748625277. - 0748625275 |
| Summary: | Islamic political radicalism in Europe has seen dramatic growth in recent times. This book offers a sociological, anthropological, psychological and political science analysis of the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. Authors explore the motivations behind such radicalism, focusing on an array of different factors. These include economic and social alienation, political and cultural marginalisation, gender and masculinity, and psychological issues, both at an individual and community level. Other issues discussed are the state responses, national and international, to the War on Terr Part I. Definitions --Introduction : Islamic political radicalism in Western Europe /Tahir Abbas --The discourse of 'terrorism' between violence, justice and international order /Jorgen S. Nielsen --A clinical psychology perspective on radical Islamic youth /Edward J. Lifton --The scales for defining Islamic political radicalism /Ismail Adam Patel --Part II. Islamic political radicalism in Europe --Europe and political Islam : encounters of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries /Sara Silvestri --Anti-Semitism amongst Muslims /Haris Aziz --The growth of Islamic radicalism in Eurasia /Galina M. Yemelianova --Radical Islam in Europe : misperceptions and misconceptions /Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay --Part III. The British context --How the Zionist colonisation of Palestine radicalised British Muslims /Daud Abdullah --From the ethos of justice to the ideology of justice : understanding radical views of Scottish Muslims /Gabriele Marranci --Islamic political radicalism in Britain : the case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir /Sadek Hamid --Islamic political radicalism in Britain : Muslim men in Bradford /Marie Macey --'Because I am Pakistani ... and I am Muslim ... I am political' -- gendering political radicalism : young femininities in Bradford /Gurchathen Sanghera and Suruchi Thapar-Björkert --Disconnection and exclusion : pathways to radicalisation? /Basia Spalek --Transitional religiosity experiences : contextual disjuncture and Islamic poliltical radicalism /Akil N. Awan --An assessment of colonial strategies of resistance, liminality and Herberg's thesis in the rise of radicalism among British South Asian youth /Ron Geaves --Part IV. After 7/7 --Ruminations and reflections on British Muslims and Isalm post-7/7 /H.A. Hellyer --Electronic monitoring and the creation of control orders for terrorist suspects in Britain /Mike Nellis --British Islamic political radicalism /Salma Yaqoob --Disengaging with terrorism : the internal Muslim challenge in deligitimising radicalism as a means of tackling extremism /Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0748630864 |