The enigma of Islamist violence
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The enigma of Islamist violence
（The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies / [edited by] Jean-François Bayart and Christophe Jaffrelot）
Columbia University Press in association with the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales, Paris, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index
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Are suicide bombers pathological, as psychologists claim, or clever strategists? Are suicide attacks perpetrated by Islamists as a matter of belief or do they reflect socio-economic realities? The debate surrounding Islamist violence remains locked in oppositional arguments that fail to take into account the variety of its global manifestations. Suicide attacks are relatively common in Kashmir and Israel, but almost nonexistent in Algeria and Yemen, two countries that have hosted long-running, violent Islamist campaigns. In this volume, leading scholars transcend rigid and disembodied readings of Islamist violence by focusing on the highly diverse, local origins of this contemporary phenomenon. Contributors: Amelie Blom (Centre de Recherches Internationales de la Sorbonne (CRIS, Universite Paris-I); Ludmila du Bouchet (University of Cambridge); Laetitia Bucaille (University of Bordeaux); Olivier Grojean (Universite de Lille 2); Jan-Erik Lane (University of Geneva); Penelope Larzilliere (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement); Luis Martinez (CERI-Sciences-Po); Hamadi Redissi (University of Tunis, Tunisia)
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