1st Edition

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

By Irm Haleem Copyright 2012
248 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a critical and a conceptual analysis of radical Islamist rhetoric drawn from temporally and contextually varied Islamist extremist groups, challenging the popular understanding of Islamist extremism as a product of a ‘clash-of-civilizations’. Arguing that the essence of Islamist extremism can only be accurately understood by drawing a distinction between the radical... Read more

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

Biography

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.