Neojihadism: Towards a New Understanding of Terrorism and Extremism?

ISBN-13: 9781847207449 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 256 str.

Peter Lentini

Opis

Many years after 9/11 we are still struggling to categorize groups like Al Qaeda, home-grown cells and others that claim to be perpetrating and justifying terrorist acts under the banner of jihad. This book introduces the concept of 'neojihadism' as a new form of political organization, grand narrative, global subculture, counterculture and theological understanding, with an approach to political violence that is unique to the post-Cold War period. What these groups espouse and enact differs radically from fascism, totalitarianism, cults, jihad - and even jihadism.