The genealogy of terror : how to distinguish between Islam, Islamism, and Islamist extremism 9781138200463, 1138200468

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The genealogy of terror : how to distinguish between Islam, Islamism, and Islamist extremism
 9781138200463, 1138200468

Table of contents :
Why this book is needed --
The roots of Islam, Islamism and Islamist extremism : the historical fault lines of Islam --
The worldviews of Islam, Islamism, and Islamist extremism --
Basic beliefs, practices and characteristic themes of Islam, Islamism and Islamist extremism --
Mainstream Islam : the people, texts and contexts --
Islamism : the people, texts and contexts --
The genealogy of terror : the people, texts and contexts of violent Islamist extremism --
A second age of extremes or a second age of enlightenment?

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