{"product_id":"violence-in-the-name-of-god-the-militant-jihadist-response-to-modernity-9781350273115","title":"Violence in the Name of God: The Militant Jihadist Response to Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joel Hodge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the trajectory of militant jihadism to show how violence is more intentionally embraced as the centre of worship, social order and ideology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUndertaking an in-depth analysis of militant jihadist groups and utilising the work of René Girard, Joel Hodge argues that the extreme violence of militant jihadists is a response to modernity in two ways that have not been sufficiently explored by the existing literature. Firstly, it is a manifestation of the unrestrained and escalating state of desire and rivalry in modernity, which militant jihadists seek to counter with extreme violence. Secondly, it is a response to the unveiling and discrediting of sacred violence, which militant jihadists seek to reverse by more purposefully valorising sacred violence in what they believe to be jihad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelevant to anyone interested in Islam, philosophy of religion, theology, and terrorism, \u003ci\u003eViolence in the Name of God\u003c\/i\u003e imagines new ways of thinking about militancy in the name of Islam in the twenty-first century.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088202948759,"sku":"9781350273115","price":4229.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350273115.webp?v=1767899006","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/violence-in-the-name-of-god-the-militant-jihadist-response-to-modernity-9781350273115","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}