Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics

Dr Faisal Devji (Corpus Christi College Cambridge)

Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Country
United States
Published
1 January 2020
Pages
224
ISBN
9780190076801

Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics

Dr Faisal Devji (Corpus Christi College Cambridge)

Faisal Devji argues that new forms of militancy, such as the actions of al-Qaeda, are informed by the same desire for agency and equality that animates other humanitarian interventions, such as environmentalism and pacifism. To the militant, victimized Muslims are more than just symbols of ethnic and religious persecution-they represent humanity’s centuries-long struggle for legitimacy and agency. Acts of terror, therefore, are fueled by the militant’s desire to become a historical actor on the global stage. Though they have yet to build concrete political institutions, militant movements have formed a kind of global society, and as Devji makes clear, this society pursues the same humanitarian objectives that drive more benevolent groups.

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