ISBN:
9781503610873
,
9780804792370
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 364 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Sageman, Marc, 1953 - [Rezension von: Li, Darryl, The universal enemy] 2021
Series Statement:
Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
DDC:
320.55/7
Keywords:
Jihad Political aspects
;
Panislamism
;
Solidarity Religious aspects
;
Islam
;
Muslim soldiers
;
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 Participation, Muslim
;
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 Participation, Foreign
;
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995
;
Muslim
;
Ausländer
;
Dschihadismus
;
Militanz
;
Islam
;
Kombattant
;
Illegalität
;
Djihad
;
Panislamismus
;
Solidarität
;
Bosnien-Herzegowina
;
USA
;
Balkan
;
Bosnien-Herzegowina
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
;
Dschihadismus
;
Geschichte 1993-2019
;
Islam
;
Universalismus
;
Terrorismus
;
Friedenssicherung
;
Vereinte Nationen
;
Bosnien-Herzegowina
;
Jugoslawienkriege
;
Globalisierung
;
Panislamismus
;
Djihad
;
Krieger
;
Muslim
;
Geschichte 1991-1995
Abstract:
No contemporary figure is more demonized than the Islamist foreign fighter who wages jihad around the world. Spreading violence, disregarding national borders, and rejecting secular norms, so-called jihadists seem opposed to universalism itself. In a radical departure from conventional wisdom on the topic, The Universal Enemy argues that transnational jihadists are engaged in their own form of universalism: these fighters struggle to realize an Islamist vision directed at all of humanity, transcending racial and cultural difference. Anthropologist and attorney Darryl Li reconceptualizes jihad as armed transnational solidarity under conditions of American empire, revisiting a pivotal moment after the Cold War when ethnic cleansing in the Balkans dominated global headlines. Muslim volunteers came from distant lands to fight in Bosnia-Herzegovina alongside their co-religionists, offering themselves as an alternative to the US-led international community. Li highlights the parallels and overlaps between transnational jihads and other universalisms such as the War on Terror, United Nations peacekeeping, and socialist Non-Alignment. Developed from more than a decade of research with former fighters in a half-dozen countries, The Universal Enemy explores the relationship between jihad and American empire to shed critical light on both.
Description / Table of Contents:
Jihad -- Migrations -- Locations -- Authorities -- Groundings -- Interlude -- Exchanging Arabs -- Other universalisms -- Non-alignment -- Peacekeeping -- The global war on terror
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