Violence in the name of God : the militant Jihadist response to modernity / Joel Hodge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodge, Joel, author.

Series:

Violence, desire, and the sacred.

Violence, desire, and the sacred

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jihad.

Religious fanaticism--Islam.

Religious fanaticism.

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages).

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"This book traces the trajectory of militant jihadism to show how violence is more intentionally embraced as the centre of worship, social order and ideology. Undertaking an in-depth analysis of militant jihadist groups and utilising the work of René Girard, Joel Hodge argues that the extreme violence of militant jihadists is a response to modernity in two ways that have not been sufficiently explored by the existing literature. Firstly, it is a manifestation of the unrestrained and escalating state of desire and rivalry in modernity, which militant jihadists seek to counter with extreme violence. Secondly, it is a response to the unveiling and discrediting of sacred violence, which militant jihadists seek to reverse by more purposefully valorising sacred violence in what they believe to be jihad. Relevant to anyone interested in Islam, philosophy of religion, theology, and terrorism, Violence in the Name of God imagines new ways of thinking about militancy in the name of Islam in the twenty-first century."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Introduction: Why Another Book on Jihadism?

Part I 1

René Girard's Mimetic Theory 2

Violence in Modernity

Part II

3

The Islamic Modernity 4

The Militant Jihadist Response to Modernity 5

The Rise of Violent Jihad 6

Jihadism and Violence 7

Violence and Identity 8

Sacred Jihadist Totalitarianism

Part III 9

Why Is God Part of Human Violence? The Idolatrous Nature of Militant Jihadism 10

The Sacred and the Holy: Alternatives to Escalating Violence

Appendix: René Girard at a Glance, Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge Glossary of Key Girardian Terms, Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350105003

1350105007

9781350104983

1350104981

OCLC:

1130902204