Deadly Clerics - Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad

Explores multiple pathways of cleric radicalization to explain why some Muslim clerics turn to militant jihadism.

List of contents

1. Why clerics turn deadly; 2. Muslim clerics; 3. Paths to preaching jihad; 4. Meet the clerics; 5. Recognizing jihadists from their writings; 6. Networks, careers, and jihadist ideology; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Richard A. Nielsen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studies and teaches on Islam, political violence, human rights, economic development, and research design. His research has been published in The American Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, Political Analysis, and Sociological Methods and Research. He holds a Ph.D. in Government (2013) and an A.M. in Statistics (2010) from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Political Science (2007) from Brigham Young University.

Summary

Deadly Clerics explains why some Muslim clerics adopt the ideology of militant jihadism while most do not. The book explores multiple pathways of cleric radicalization and shows that the interplay of academic, religious, and political institutions has influenced the rise of modern jihadism through a mechanism of blocked ambition.

Product details

• Authors: Richard A. Nielsen, Richard A. (Massachusetts Institute of Te Nielsen, Richard A. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Nielsen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781108404051
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40405-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education