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Global rebellion/ Mark Juergensmeyer

By: Juergensmeyer, MarkMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Comparative studies in religion and societyPublication details: Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008Description: 370 pISBN: 9780520255548 ; 0520255542Subject(s): Radicalism--Religious aspects | Religions | Religion and state | Revolutions--Religious aspectsDDC classification: 322.1

Contents:

Introduction to the revised edition -- The rise of religious rebellion -- Religion vs. secular nationalism -- The loss of faith in secular nationalism -- Faith in secular nationalism -- The religious rejection of secular nationalism -- Competing ideologies of order -- Secular nationalism in the West -- The competition between two ideologies -- How secular nationalism failed to accommodate religion -- Can religion accommodate the nation-state? -- Global confrontations -- The front lines of religious rebellions : the Middle East and North Africa Iran's paradigmatic revolution -- Unrest in Egypt -- Militant zionism -- Hamas : the Islamic intifada -- Jihadi insurgents in Iraq -- Political targets of rebellion : South, Central, and Southeast Asia -- Resurgent Islam in Afghanistan and South-Central Asia Hindu nationalism -- Sikhism's suppressed war -- Sri lankan and mongolian buddhist revolts -- Islamic rebellion in Southeast Asia -- Post-cold war rebels : Europe, Aast Asia, and the United States -- Religious rejections of socialism in Russia, Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Latin America -- Religious xenophobia in Western Europe -- A peaceful resolution in Northern Ireland -- Imagined armaggedon in Japan -- Christian militia in the United States -- Transnational networks : global Jihad -- The rise of Jihadi ideology -- Emerging networks in the Afghan-Soviet war -- Global Jihad after 9/11 -- Enduring problems -- Why religious confrontations are violent -- The rhetoric of cosmic war -- When cosmic war becomes real -- Religious sanction for the use of violence -- Empowering marginal peoples -- Democracy and human rights -- Theocracy or democracy? -- The protection of minority rights -- The protection of individual rights -- Modernity and the religious state -- Conclusion: Regional rebellion and global war.

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General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	322.1 JUE/G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P04398

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Introduction to the revised edition --
The rise of religious rebellion --
Religion vs. secular nationalism --
The loss of faith in secular nationalism --
Faith in secular nationalism --
The religious rejection of secular nationalism --
Competing ideologies of order --
Secular nationalism in the West --
The competition between two ideologies --
How secular nationalism failed to accommodate religion --
Can religion accommodate the nation-state? --
Global confrontations --
The front lines of religious rebellions : the Middle East and North Africa Iran's paradigmatic revolution --
Unrest in Egypt --
Militant zionism --
Hamas : the Islamic intifada --
Jihadi insurgents in Iraq --
Political targets of rebellion : South, Central, and Southeast Asia --
Resurgent Islam in Afghanistan and South-Central Asia Hindu nationalism --
Sikhism's suppressed war --
Sri lankan and mongolian buddhist revolts --
Islamic rebellion in Southeast Asia --
Post-cold war rebels : Europe, Aast Asia, and the United States --
Religious rejections of socialism in Russia, Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Latin America --
Religious xenophobia in Western Europe --
A peaceful resolution in Northern Ireland --
Imagined armaggedon in Japan --
Christian militia in the United States --
Transnational networks : global Jihad --
The rise of Jihadi ideology --
Emerging networks in the Afghan-Soviet war --
Global Jihad after 9/11 --
Enduring problems --
Why religious confrontations are violent --
The rhetoric of cosmic war --
When cosmic war becomes real --
Religious sanction for the use of violence --
Empowering marginal peoples --
Democracy and human rights --
Theocracy or democracy? --
The protection of minority rights --
The protection of individual rights --
Modernity and the religious state --
Conclusion: Regional rebellion and global war.

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