Jihadism in Europe
European Youth and the New Caliphate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23520790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Farhad Khosrokhavar (Retired Professor, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Paris, France) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 416 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Jihadism in Europe (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780197564967.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W3173429323 |
| ISBN | 9780197564967 |
| Open Library | OL33905851M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
European jihadism is a multi-faceted social, political and cultural phenomenon, linked not only to the extremist behavior of a limited group but also to a broader crisis, including the lack of utopia and loss of meaning among the middle class, and the humiliation and denial of citizenship among disaffiliated young people in poor districts all over Western Europe. The family and its crisis, in many ways, have played a role in promoting jihadism, particularly in families of immigrant origin whose relationship to patriarchy was different from that of the mainstream society in Europe. Among middle-class families, the crisis of authority was a key factor for the departure of middle-class youth. At the urban level, a large proportion of jihadists come from poor and ethnically segregated districts with high levels of social deviance and the stigma attached to them. Within these poor districts, a specific subculture was built up (I call it the slum culture), which influenced young people and imposed on them a lifestyle likely to combine resentment and deviance with humiliation and denial of citizenship in a difficult relationship with mainstream society. But jihadism was also an expression of the loss of hope in the future in a globalized world among middle-class and lower-class youth. The caliphate in Syria promised the earth to these young people during its ascent between 2014 and 2015 and even after, this time as a prophet of a gloomy end times.
Criminology · Denial · Deviance (statistics) · Humiliation · Ideology · Jihadism · Mainstream · Middle class · Political science · Politics · Resentment · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Attitudes · Cultural assimilation · Ethnic conflict · IS (Organization) · Islamic fundamentalism · Jihad · Muslims · Religions
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |