Arendt, Fanon and Political Violence in Islam

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: violence and Europe-Middle East coupling 1960s–2019
	Notes on literature, purpose and structure
1 Fanon and Arendt: a black man and a Jewish woman
	Philosophical influences: philosophers of beginnings
	Reception of WotE and connection with jihadism
2 Violence vs. power
	Sartre’s preface and the hijacking of Fanon
	Fanon’s violence and power
	Arendt’s violence and power
	Rational and irrational violence
3 New humanism
	Responsibility and commitment in the political sphere
	Man creating himself in the public space
	Political nation through bonds
4 Jihadism and other remains of colonisation
	How big is jihadist appeal?
	Plastic Islam and utopia: ideological and political reasons behind the attractiveness of jihadism
	Cross-cultural anti-systemism and exclusion: sociological and psychological reasons for the appeal of jihadism
	Relative deprivation and economic reasons for the popularity of jihadism
	Practical and technical reasons for jihadist outreach
Conclusion
Index