Contextualising Jihadi Thought

Edited by Jeevan Deol and Zaheer Kazmi

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April, 2012
Cloth, 320 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-70254-6
$35.00

In recent decades, transnational jihadi entities such as Al-Qaeda as well as national and regional militant groups have attracted a great deal of media and scholarly attention. Policy agendas worldwide are now intensely focused on countering militant jihadist thought. Yet few studies fully comprehend the contours of this phenomenon and its rich social and intellectual making.

Departing from the traditional security studies approaches that have characterized so much research in this area, Contextualising Jihadi Thought bridges existing disciplines and fields of study to create a framework for understanding jihadi movements, ideologies, intellectual histories, political engagements, and changing geographies. Contributors work in a range of specializations—including history, anthropology, political science, diplomacy, and religious studies—and conduct thorough, detailed analyses of jihadism and its impact in Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Edited by a scholar and an experienced diplomat, this volume balances theory and practice with unprecedented skill., reviewing a previous edition or volume

Related Subjects

• Middle East Studies
• Politics and Political Theory

About the Author

Jeevan Deol is an affiliated research associate of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge. He has taught and researched on South Asian history, South Asian religion, and jihadi ideologies at the University of Cambridge, Oxford University, and the University of London. Zaheer Kazmi is a senior associate member of St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. He is a former senior research analyst at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and holds a Ph.D. in international political theory from the University of Cambridge.

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