Collapsing Horizons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12663126 |
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| Authors | Marius Timmann Mjaaland (0000-0003-2182-4095, corresponding author), Marius Mjaaland (Faculty of Theology UIO, PO Box 1023 Blindern, NO-0315 Oslo, Norway) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 783-791 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1462-317X • E-ISSN: 1743-1719 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/poth.v12i5.783 |
| OpenAlex | W4255367775 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
After the twin attacks in Oslo on July 22, 2011, the relationship between religion and global politics over the last decade appears in a different light. The Norwegian terrorist from the extreme right submits to the idea of counterjihad, which responds to the Islamist jihad. I argue that this revival of an ancient mythology of crusaders and jihadists has become the most influential political mythology of our times. However, what separates this new mythology from the old is its nihilistic tendency, deliberately constructing an ideological basis for self-destruction and the destruction of others. Still, as a motivation for cruelty it does not fall short of the templars of the First Crusade (1096-1099), massacring thousands of civilians behind the walls of Jerusalem
Cruelty · Extreme right · Ideology · Mythology · Norwegian · Political science · Politics · Terrorism · Theology · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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