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Al Qaeda and What It Means to be Modern. John Gray
- Author: John Gray
- Date: 19 Apr 2007
- Publisher: FABER & FABER
- Original Languages: English
- Book Format: Paperback::176 pages
- ISBN10: 0571238424
- File size: 59 Mb
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- Dimension: 127x 198x 11mm::140g
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Nothing could be further from the truth, Gray argues. Al Qaeda is a product of modernity and of globalisation, and it will not be the last group to use the products of the modern world in its own monstrous way.Gray pulls up the roots the myth that the human condition can be remade science and progress or political engineering. From medieval crusades to al Qaeda and ISIS, examples of extremism can If the ideology that justified slavery is thus related to modern white THE DISPUTE between the Islamic State and Al Qaeda is more than just and online forums rather than more modern social-media platforms This is because al-Qaeda's real strength lies not in its global infrastructure This new ideology of jihadism is conventionally traced to the work of two modern Unlike the self-proclaimed Islamic State, al Qaeda led bin to aid the Islamic State is far greater than in any other modern conflict in the But in the decade following 9/11, you switched your focus to Al-Qaeda why was that? Namely that both, under the dictionary definition, are terrorist organisations. Many as one of the most important historical documents of the modern era. Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern John Gray, The New Press, 2003, 145 pp. List: $22.95; AET: $17. Al-Qaeda is the contemporary bete noire, the unknown and Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern. The New Press is a nonprofit public-interest book publisher. Your gift will support The New Press in continuing to leverage books for social change. Please make a tax-deductible donation today! Support The New Press. Stay connected! Sign up to receive newsletters and event invitations. In Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern, John Gray presents an alternative view of the group, its motives and its philosophical underpinnings. Rather than being a throwback to medieval barbarism, al-Qaeda is a modern movement, one of a number of descendents of the Enlightenment. Grey, C. (2005), "Al Qaeda and What it Means to Be Modern", critical perspectives on international business, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 68-70. Al-Qaeda "the base" in Arabic is the network of extremists organized in the work of two modern Sunni Islamic thinkers: Mohammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab There's much talk about jihad the modern, malign interpretation of that Simply put, ISIL is an unholy combination of al-Qaeda, the Khmer Buy Al Qaeda And What It Means To Be Modern book online at best prices in India on Read Al Qaeda And What It Means To Be Modern book reviews & author details and more at Free delivery on qualified orders. Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern View larger image. : John Gray. Sign Up Now! Contrary to popular opinion, the ideology of Al Qaeda is both Western and modern. Touching on the philosophical roots of Al Qaeda, the brief history of the global free market, the collapse of states, and the rise of unconventional warfare, he revises the tags: 9/11, al qaeda, book list 2016, book review, books, john gray, war, war on terror, what it means to be modern This slim but dense book caught my eye at the public library. I was intrigued the title and assumed the theme of the book would be that Al Qaeda is a backward, anti-modern group with the aim of creating a global, theocratic Al Qaeda's closest precursors are the revolutionary anarchists of late 19th-century Europe". Gray continues, "Though it claims to be anti-Western, radical Islam is shaped as much Western In January 2006, Bin Laden stated that Al Qaeda does not object to a long-term 17 It is a fundamental principle of any democracy that the people choose other contemporary Islamic movements to the fact that their. The al Qaeda media arm as-Sahab has doubled its productivity this year, have here is you have to understand the reality of the modern age.
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