Description
About the Author
Farhad Khosrokhavar is a retired professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France. He has published some 26 books, several of which have been translated into different languages.
Reviews
Khosrokhavar offers a valuable political ethnographic and anthropological analysis. The book explains the lure of jihadism for modern European youth and breaks down complex theology into an easily understood language supported by enlightening interview evidence. This is a recommended read for anyone looking for insight into the thoughts and motivations of young European jihadists. * Laura Welty, International Affairs *
This brilliant, indispensable book provides the first truly sociological explanation of Jihadism in Europe: Violent fanaticism is produced first by humiliating social exclusion, then by the failure of Western secular utopias. Farhad Khosrokhavar is masterful thinker of enormous reach. * Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University *
Farhad Khosrokhavar is a distinguished French sociologist with a long record of thought-provoking writings on Islamist political movements and the extremist fringe. His new book will stimulate healthy debate. Khosrokhavar is willing to say decidedly un-PC things about the roots of jihadism. This is not an alarmist book but Khosrokhavar recognizes the gravity of the threat posed by jihadist extremism to the social fabric of Europe's cities. * Jyette Klausen, Brandeis University *
Professor Farhad Khosrokhavar is the only social scientist in the world that could have written such a unique book. An unrivalled book, that offers the best and clearest analysis one can conceive on Jihadism in Europe, as a total phenomenon, in its multiple dimensions - political, and geo-political, psychological, social, cultural, religious. * Michel Wieviorka, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales *
In this thought-provoking book, Khosrokhavar analyzes European jihadism as a complex social phenomenon with political, psychological, economic, cultural, and religious dimensions. * Choice *
Farhad Khosrokhavar proves to be able to provide readers with new perspectives on European jihadism and radicalization as a multi-faceted social phenomenon. * Carimo Mohomed, Politics, Religion and Ideology *
Book Information
ISBN 9780197602522
Author Farhad Khosrokhavar
Format Paperback
Page Count 424
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 635g
Dimensions(mm) 157mm * 234mm * 25mm