Haleem, Irm.

The essence of Islamist extremism : recognition through violence, freedom through death / Irm Haleem. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2012. - xiv, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in political Islam ; 8 .

Struggles for recognition and moral consequentialism -- Recognition through violence -- Self-transcendent recognition -- Violence as morality -- Essence, motivations and flawed policies -- Concluding remarks: nothing Islamic about Islamist extremism.

9780415782982 (handbook) RM368.40 9780203809273 (ebook)

2011-024837


Violence--Religious aspects--Islam.
Political violence--Religious aspects--Islam.
Islam and politics.
Islamic fundamentalism.