The Essence of Islamist Extremism : Recognition through Violence, Freedom through Death

ISBN-13: 9780415782982 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 233 str.

Irm Haleem

Opis

This text provides a conceptual analysis of Islamist extremism and examines radical Islamist rhetoric and various extremist groups.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Struggles for Recognition and Moral Consequentialism  2. Recognition through Violence  3. Self-Transcendent Recognition  4. Violence as Morality  5. Essence, Motivations and Flawed Policies.  Conclusion: Nothing Islamic about Islamist Extremism.  Appendices

O autorze

Irm Haleem holds a PhD in Political Science from Boston University. She has taught at Fisher College, Northeastern University and Seton Hall University. She is a visiting Lecturer at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Her published works have focused on political violence and Islamist extremism in South Asia and Central Asia. Her current research focuses on a conceptual and philosophical analysis of violence, as well as the narratives of the justifications of violence.