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Deadly Clerics - Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad (Paperback) Loot Price: R896
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Deadly Clerics - Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad (Paperback): Richard A. Nielsen

Deadly Clerics - Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad (Paperback)

Richard A. Nielsen

Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

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Deadly Clerics explains why some Muslim clerics adopt the ideology of militant jihadism while most do not. The book explores multiple pathways of cleric radicalization and shows that the interplay of academic, religious, and political institutions has influenced the rise of modern jihadism through a mechanism of blocked ambition. As long as clerics' academic ambitions remain attainable, they are unlikely to espouse violent jihad. Clerics who are forced out of academia are more likely to turn to jihad for two reasons: jihadist ideas are attractive to those who see the system as turning against them, and preaching a jihad ideology can help these outsider clerics attract supporters and funds. The book draws on evidence from various sources, including large-scale statistical analysis of texts and network data obtained from the Internet, case studies of clerics' lives, and ethnographic participant observations at sites in Cairo, Egypt.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Release date: November 2017
Authors: Richard A. Nielsen
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-40405-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General
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LSN: 1-108-40405-7
Barcode: 9781108404051

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