Inside Jihadism

Farhad Khosrokhavar is Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is the author of The New Arab Revolutions that Shook the World (Paradigm, 2012) and Suicide Bombers (Pluto, 2005).

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Explanatory Approaches to Jihadism; Chapter 2 Jihadist Ideology; Chapter 3 Jihadism: A Culture of Violence Turned into a Culture of Death; Chapter 4 The Jihadist View of Democracy; Chapter 5 Fundamentalism in Islam; Chapter 6 The Transmission of Jihad to the West; Chapter 7 Jihadist Intelligentsia around the World; Conclusion: Toward an Islam of Hope;

"The author's intimate knowledge of and keen insight into the dynamics of jihadism and his reliance on important primary sources make this book essential reading for anyone interested in obtaining a critical understanding of jihadism.” —Library Journal “In the field of studies on radical Islam that is overwhelmed in the West by junk ideological literature and fake expertise, Farhad Khosrokhavar stands out as a true and distinguished expert with first hand and intimate knowledge. One great advantage of his approach is that it knits together discourse analysis and sociology—including first hand sociological research—according to the best tradition of social sciences. His study of Jihadism, defined as the most radical and violent brand of Islamic fundamentalism, is a most welcome and useful addition to the serious literature on this most complex of global sociopolitical phenomena.” —Gilbert Achcar, Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London; coauthor with Noam Chomsky of Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy