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The apocalypse and the end of history : modern jihad and the crisis of liberalism / Suzanne Schneider.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Verso, 2021Edition: First edition hardbackDescription: xi, 276 pagesISBN:
  • 9781839762413
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.557 23 SCH.A
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Contents:
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.
Summary: "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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Reference Reference International Centre for Marxian Studies & Research General Stacks International Centre for Marxian Studies & Research 320.557 SCH.A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan CMS2788

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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