The Mind of Jihad

by Laurent Murawiec

Book Overview

This book examines contemporary jihad as a cult of violence and power. All jihadi groups, whether Shiite or Sunni, Arab or not, are characterized by a similar bloodlust. Murawiec characterizes this belief structure as identical to that of Europe's medieval millenarians and apocalyptics, arguing that both jihadis and their European cousins shared in a Gnostic ideology: a God-given mission endowed the Elect with supernatural powers and placed them above...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521883938
• ISBN13: 9780521883931
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"