Apocalypse and the end of history : modern jihad and the crisis of liberalism / Suzanne Schneider.
By: Schneider, Suzanne [author.].
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BookLanguage: eng.Publisher: New York : Verso, 2021Description: xi, 276 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781839762413.Subject(s): Liberalism | Jihad | IS (Organization) | Islamic fundamentalismDDC classification: 320.5597 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Two presents -- A new age of private violence -- The triumph of the individual -- Making the Umma great again -- The democratic foil -- Means without ends -- At history's end -- Conclusion: Two futures.
"Historian Suzanne Schneider examines the politics and ideology of the Islamic State (better known as ISIS). Schneider argues that today's jihad is not the residue from a less enlightened time, nor does it have much in common with its classical or medieval form, but it does bear a striking resemblance to the reactionary political formations and acts of spectacular violence that are upending life in Western democracies"--
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