Bibliograph

Deadly clerics, blocked ambition and the paths to jihad, Richard A. Nielsen

Type

Label

Deadly clerics, blocked ambition and the paths to jihad, Richard A. Nielsen

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Deadly clerics

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1014146232

Responsibility statement

Richard A. Nielsen

Series statement

Cambridge studies in comparative politicsCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

blocked ambition and the paths to jihad

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

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