Violence in the name of God: the militant Jihadist response to modernity

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on Permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Another Book on Jihadism? -- Part I The Context for Militant Jihadism -- 1 René Girard's Mimetic Theory -- 2 Violence in Modernity -- Part II The Sacred Violence of Mil...

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Main Author: Hodge, Joel (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2020
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Hodge, Joel, Violence in the name of God : the militant Jihadist response to modernity] (2020) (Kirwan, Michael, 1959 -)
[Rezension von: Hodge, Joel, Violence in the name of God : the militant Jihadist response to modernity] (2022) (Palaver, Wolfgang, 1958 -)
Series/Journal:Violence, Desire, and the Sacred Ser
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Summary:Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on Permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Another Book on Jihadism? -- Part I The Context for Militant Jihadism -- 1 René Girard's Mimetic Theory -- 2 Violence in Modernity -- Part II The Sacred Violence of Militant Jihadism -- 3 The Islamic Modernity -- 4 The Militant Jihadist Response to Modernity -- 5 The Globalization of Violent Jihad -- 6 Jihadism and Violence -- 7 Violence and Identity -- 8 Sacred Jihadist Totalitarianism -- Part III The Idolatry and Future of Militant Jihadism -- 9 Why is God Part of Human Violence? -- 10 The Sacred and the Holy -- Appendix: René Girard at a Glance -- Glossary of Key Girardian Terms -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1 René Girard's Mimetic Theory -- 2 Violence in Modernity -- 3 The Islamic Modernity -- 4 The Militant Jihadist Response to Modernity -- 5 The Globalization of Violent Jihad -- 6 Jihadism and Violence -- 7 Violence and Identity -- 8 Sacred Jihadist Totalitarianism -- 9 Why is God Part of Human Violence? The Idolatrous Nature of Militant Jihadism -- 10 The Sacred and the Holy: Alternatives to Escalating Violence -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN:1350104981