Jihadism in Europe - European Youth and the New Caliphate

European jihadism is a multi-faceted social phenomenon. It is not only linked to the extremist behaviour of a limited group, but also to a broader crisis, including the lack of a utopian vision and loss of meaning among the middle classes, and the humiliation and denial of citizenship among disaffiliated young people in poor districts all over Western Europe. In Jihadism in Europe, Farhad Khosrokhavar explores how Jihadism is grounded in an unbridled and modern imagination, in an uneasy relationship with social, cultural, and economic reality.

List of contents

• Methodology


• Concepts developed in this book


• Introduction


• 1: The Historical Perspective on European Jihadis and the Birth of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria


• 2: Subcultures of Humiliation and Counter-Humiliation


• 3: Jihadi Actors


• 4: The Jihadis and the Family


• 5: The European Nations and their Jihadis


• 6: The Jihadogenic Urban Structure


• 7: European Jihadi Cells


• General conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Farhad Khosrokhavar is a retired professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France. He has published some 26 books, several of which have been translated into different languages.

Additional text

Farhad Khosrokhavar proves to be able to provide readers with new perspectives on European jihadism and radicalization as a multi-faceted social phenomenon.

Product details

• Authors: Farhad Khosrokhavar, Farhad (Retired Professor Khosrokhavar, Khosrokhavar Farhad
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2021
• EAN: 9780197602522
• ISBN: 978-0-19-760252-2
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Religion and Global Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Religion & politics, Social discrimination & inequality, Religion and Politics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice