TY - BOOK AU - O'Rourke,Jacqueline TI - Representing Jihad: the Appearing and Disappearing Radical SN - 9781780322643 AV - BP182 U1 - 297.72 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Zed Books KW - Jihad KW - Islam KW - Western countries KW - Postcolonialism KW - Religious aspects KW - Jihād KW - Occident KW - Postcolonialisme KW - Aspect religieux KW - Religion & politics KW - bicssc KW - RELIGION KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction. Homo islamicus : beyond 'good' and 'bad' -- The vanishing jihadist : bin Laden and the Arab revolutions -- Constructing the 'bad' Muslim : jihad, Orientalism and the militarization of Muslim lands -- Contextualizing 'bad' Muslims : jihad, globalization and anti-Orientalism -- Ree(a)l jihadists : the media-tion of intentions -- Recovering invisible traces : jihad and postcolonialism -- Humanism and Islam : jihad and postsecularism -- Conclusion. Universalization of universes of resistance N2 - The jihad has been at the centre of the West's securitization discourse for more than a decade. Theorists frequently use the jihadist as a discursive tool to further their military and market agendas, helped by Muslim interlocutors, who all too often play the role of the 'good' Muslim explaining the motifs of the 'bad'. Representing Jihad skilfully critiques the debate around the jihadist, arguing that Muslim theory and fiction have been commodified to cater to the needs of Western ideology UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=477876 ER -