RT Book
T1 The universal enemy: Jihad, empire, and the challenge of solidarity
T2 Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
A1 Li, Darryl
LA English
PP Stanford, California
PB Stanford University Press
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1664784446
AB 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.
NO Literaturverzeichnis Seite 301-332, Register
CN BP65.B54
SN 9781503610873
SN 9780804792370
K1 Jihad : Political aspects : Bosnia and Herzegovina
K1 Panislamism
K1 Solidarity : Religious aspects : Islam
K1 Muslim soldiers : Bosnia and Herzegovina
K1 Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 : Participation, Muslim
K1 Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 : Participation, Foreign
K1 Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 : Bosnia and Herzegovina
K1 Muslim
K1 Ausländer
K1 Dschihadismus
K1 Militanz
K1 Islam
K1 Kombattant
K1 Illegalität
K1 Djihad
K1 Panislamismus
K1 Solidarität
K1 Bosnien-Herzegowina
K1 USA : Balkan : Bosnien-Herzegowina : Ost-West-Konflikt : Dschihadismus : Geschichte 1993-2019
K1 Islam : Universalismus : Terrorismus : Friedenssicherung : Vereinte Nationen
K1 Bosnien-Herzegowina : Jugoslawienkriege : Globalisierung : Panislamismus : Djihad : Krieger : Muslim : Geschichte 1991-1995