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020 _a9781839762413
082 0 0 _a320.557
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084 _2Colon Classification
100 1 _aSchneider, Suzanne,
245 1 4 _aThe apocalypse and the end of history :
_bmodern jihad and the crisis of liberalism /
_cSuzanne Schneider.
250 _aFirst edition hardback.
260 _aLondon:
_bVerso,
_c2021
300 _axi, 276 pages ;
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
520 _a"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"--
650 0 _aLiberalism.
650 0 _aJihad.
650 0 _aIS (Organization)
650 0 _aIslamic fundamentalism.
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