Jihad in the West

The Rise of Militant Salafism

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ID19923945
AuthorsFrazer Egerton (Dalhousie University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Publication date2011-03-17
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueJihad in the West (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511757594
OpenAlexW4213140847
Open LibraryOL24881119M
ISBN9780511757594
LanguageEN
Citations received14

Militant Salafism is one of the most significant movements in politics today. Unfortunately its significance has not been matched by understanding. To begin to address this knowledge deficit this book argues that, rather than the largely unhelpful pursuit of individual 'root causes' offered in much of the literature, we would be better served by looking at the factors that have enabled and facilitated a particular political imaginary. That political imaginary is one that allows individuals to conceive of themselves as integral members of a global battle waged between the forces of Islam and the West, something that lies at the heart of militant Salafism. Frazer Egerton shows how the ubiquity of modern media and the prevalence of movement have allowed for a transformation of existing beliefs into an ideology supportive of militant Salafism against the West amongst Western Muslims

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Battle · Ideology · Islam · Militant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Imaginary · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Islamic fundamentalism · Jihad · Religious aspects · Salafīyah · Terrorism · Terrorism, religious aspects

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