Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism

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Springer, 31 janv. 2011 - 243 pages
This volume introduces the concept of Islamist extremist 'master narratives' and offers a method for identifying and analyzing them. Drawing on rhetorical and narrative theories, the chapters examine thirteen master narratives and explain how extremists use them to solidify their base, recruit new members, and motivate actions.
 

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Table des matières

Introduction
1
1 What is a Master Narrative?
11
2 The Pharaoh
27
3 The Jahiliyyah
37
4 The Battle of Badr
49
5 The Hypocrites
57
6 The Battle of Khaybar
67
7 The Battle of Karbala
81
10 Shaytans Handiwork
125
11 1924
136
12 The Nakba
149
13 SeventyTwo Virgins
165
14 Master Narratives and Strategic Communication
179
Appendix
206
Notes
209
Bibliography
231

8 The Mahdi
95
9 The Infi del Invaders
109
Index
236
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À propos de l'auteur (2011)

Jeffry R. Halverson is an Islamic studies scholar and historian of religions, specializing in the Middle East and North Africa. He currently serves as assistant research professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, USA. He is also the author of Theology and Creed in Sunni Islam (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and Searching for a King (Potomac, 2012).

Steven R. Corman is the Director of the Center for Strategic Communication and a Professor of Communication at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, USA. He is also the co-author of Weapons of Mass Persuasion (Peter Lang, 2008).

H.L. Goodall Jr. was a Professor of Communication and a pioneer of narrative ethnography at Arizona State University, USA.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreMaster Narratives of Islamist Extremism
AuteursJ. Halverson, S. Corman, H. L. Goodall
Éditionillustrée
ÉditeurSpringer, 2011
ISBN0230117236, 9780230117235
Longueur243 pages
  
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