Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism
ISBN:
9781349291861
Auflage:
1st ed. 2011
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan US
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigte Staaten
Erscheinungsdatum:
19.11.2015
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
243
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This volume introduces the concept of Islamist extremist 'master narratives' and offers a method for identifying and analyzing them. Drawing on rhetorical and narrative theories, the chapters examine thirteen master narratives and explain how extremists use them to solidify their base, recruit new members, and motivate actions.
Biografische Anmerkung
Jeffry R. Halverson is an Islamic studies scholar and historian of religions, specializing in the Middle East and North Africa. He currently serves as assistant research professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, USA. He is also the author of Theology and Creed in Sunni Islam (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and Searching for a King (Potomac, 2012).
Steven R. Corman is the Director of the Center for Strategic Communication and a Professor of Communication at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, USA. He is also the co-author of Weapons of Mass Persuasion (Peter Lang, 2008).
H.L. Goodall Jr. was a Professor of Communication and a pioneer of narrative ethnography at Arizona State University, USA.
Steven R. Corman is the Director of the Center for Strategic Communication and a Professor of Communication at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, USA. He is also the co-author of Weapons of Mass Persuasion (Peter Lang, 2008).
H.L. Goodall Jr. was a Professor of Communication and a pioneer of narrative ethnography at Arizona State University, USA.
