New approaches to the analysis of Jihadism : online and offline / Rüdiger Lohlker (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lohlker, Rüdiger.

Series:

Studying Jihadism ; v. 1.

Studying Jihadism ; v. 1

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Jihad.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Göttingen : V&R Unipress, 2012.

Language Note:

German

Summary:

Hauptbeschreibung Der dschihadistische Terrorismus ist seit dem 11. September 2011 ins Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit gerückt. Eines der wichtigsten Mittel zur Propaganda, Diskussion und Rekrutierung sind verschiedene Internetpräsenzen. Das Funktionieren dieser Internetmedien wird in den Beiträgen des Bandes detailliert untersucht. Dazu kommen Beiträge, die die religiösen Argumentsweisen untersuchen, solche, die einen breiteren theoretischen Rahmen setzen, und ein Schlaglicht auf neuere Entwicklungen in Südasien werfen. Der dschihadistische Terrorismus ist seit dem 11. Sep

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Rüdiger Lohlker: Introduction; Philipp Holtmann: Virtual Jihad: A Real Danger; Al-Qaeda on the Net; "Media Production Companies", Fora; From the Chat Room to the Front; Media Campaigns: Copycats Wanted!; Real Threat Potential?; Conclusion; Orhan Elmaz: Jihadi-Salafist Creed: Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi's Imperatives of Faith; The six articles of faith; God's unity; Angels; Books; Prophets and Messengers; The Last Day; Predestination; Belief and unbelief; Belief; Unbelief; Mobilization; Dar al-kufr, dar al-islam and their dwellers; Prayer

InvolvementE-Jihad: Online Adventurism & Cyber Recruitment; Conclusion; Philipp Holtmann: Virtual leadership: How Jihadists guide each other in cyberspace; Analytical Framework; Infrastructure and work mode of the jihadist web; Agenda setters of jihad - Jihadist media-companies; "Collective organizers" of online jihad - Jihadist discussion forums; Factors that facilitate virtual leadership in Sunni Muslim culture; The lack of central authority and plurality of power centers in Sunni Islam; The ideological and theological cohesion of jihadists

The breakup of traditional organizational structuresVirtual leadership models; Hierarchical virtual leadership; Mutual virtual leadership; Discursive virtual leadership; Virtual terrorist milieus; Conclusion; Rüdiger Lohlker: The Forgotten Swamp Revisited; Religion and globalization; Islamism, jihadism & al. conceptualized; Islam as a category; Fundamentalism as a concept; Neofundamentalism as a concept; Salafism and Wahhabism; Islamism and political Islam as concepts; Sufism; Jihadism as a concept; Bouchra Oualla: YouTube Jihad: A Rhetorical Analysis of an Islamist Propaganda Video

What does the author intend to demonstrate?Who is the rhetor?; The addressed audience; Description of the Video; The message; How are the rhetors doing that?; Logos: The arguments; i. In the spoken words of the jihadi; ii. In the Anashid; Pathos: The emotional appeal; i. On the rhetor1 level; ii. On the rhetor2 level: Audiovisual effects; Ethos: the Image of the rhetor; Conclusion; Nico Prucha: Worldwide Online Jihad versus the Gaming Industry Reloaded - Ventures of the Web; All level access: The Internet as the medium for armchair jihadists; A note regarding organization via the Internet

Similar behavioral patterns online - overlapping worlds

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9786613758682

9783737097857

3737097852

9781280987076

1280987073

9783862349005

3862349004

OCLC:

796383702

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access