Disentangling Jihad, Political Violence and Media (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781399523806)

The entanglement of Jihad, political violence, and media has determined the lives of Muslims in Europe and the US over the past 20 years. This book unravels the nexus of these elements to critically examine how their conjunction is perpetuated, reproduced, or disputed. In 16 case studies, the contributors critically reflect on the identification of jihad with political violence, address the academic, legal, political and broader public production of knowledge on this topic, examine the aesthetic formations involved in the mediation and reaffirmation of this narrow understanding, explore the experiential worlds of people whose ideas and actions are labelled as and affected by notions of violent jihad, and illuminate the institutional and media contexts (e.g. of archives) in which an entanglement of jihad and political violence takes effect, with profound consequences. This volume decentres dominant discourses on so-called jihadist actors and deradicalization contexts to offer more nuanced understandings of the political and socio-cultural contexts.

Author: Simone Pfeifer
ISBN-10: 1399523805
ISBN-13: 9781399523806
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2025
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.91d