Representing Jihad ：The Appearing and Disappearing Radical ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：The Appearing and Disappearing Radical

Publication series ：1

Author： O'Rourke   Jacqueline  

Publisher： Zed Books‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9781780322643

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781780322636

Subject： B968 Analysis and study of Islam

Keyword： 社会学,宗教

Language： ENG

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Argues that Muslim theory and fiction has been commodified to cater to the needs of western ideology, and skillfully critiques the ideological contradictions of the debate around the jihadist by offering a comprehensive analysis of Muslim and non-Muslim cultural critics, including Edward Said, Slavoj Zizek, Don DeLillo and Osama bin Laden.

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About the Author

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Introduction | Homo islamicus: beyond 'good' and 'bad'

1 | The vanishing jihadist:bin Laden and the Arab revolutions

2 | Constructing the ‘bad’ Muslim: jihad, Orientalism and the militarization of Muslim lands

3 | Contextualizing ‘bad’ Muslims: jihad, globalization and anti-Orientalism

4 | Ree(a)l jihadists: the media-tion of intentions

5 | Recovering invisible traces: jihad and postcolonialism

6 | Humanism and Islam: jihad and postsecularism

Conclusion | Universalization of universes of resistance

Notes

References

Index

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