Jihad and
Death
The
Global Appeal of Islamic State
Olivier Roy
Part of the
CERI/Sciences Po. Series
https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/jihad-and-death/
Everything
you need to know about how Islamic State attracts new followers, by a
world-renowned sociologist of Islam.
How has ISIS
been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab
world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts
to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? In this compelling
intervention into the debate about ISIS’ origins and future prospects, the
renowned French sociologist, Olivier Roy, argues that while terrorism and
jihadism are familiar phenomena, the deliberate pursuit of death has produced a
new kind of radical violence. In other words, we’re facing not a radicalization
of Islam, but the Islamization of radicalism.
Jihad and
Death is a concise dissection of the highly sophisticated narrative mobilised
by ISIS: the myth of the Caliphate recast into a modern story of heroism and
nihilism. According to Roy, this very contemporary aesthetic of violence is
less rooted in the history of Islamic thought than it is entrenched in a youth
culture that has turned global and violent.
Reviews
‘A bravura
outing, pithy, prosecutorial, and informed … Roy writes with verve …
magisterial.’ — The Guardian
‘Roy’s brisk
work is full of imaginative leaps, and that is what gives it value. There has
been too much circular writing about the “mind of the terrorist”, too many
assumptions about their supposed brainwashing. By examining the significance of
death for these jihadists, he can dismantle their manifold confusions.’ — The
Times
‘Olivier Roy
is one of the most interestingly provocative thinkers on modern jihadism. In
this excellent short book, the French academic reiterates his argument that we
are seeing not “the radicalisation of Islam but the Islamisation of
radicalism.”’ — Prospect
‘Mr Roy, a
French authority on Islamism, regards IS as the monstrously inflated product of
its own propaganda; it is, he says, first and foremost a death cult …. He
believes IS’s strongest weapon is people’s fear of it … All this is a
stimulating counterblast to much conventional thinking.’ — The Economist
‘Provocative
… even brilliant.’ — The National
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