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Engineers of jihad the curious connection between violent extremism and education

:"The violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In Engineers of Jihad, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog uncover two unexpected facts, which they imag...

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Main Author: Gambetta, Diego 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2016]
Subjects:
Radicalism > Islamic countries
Extremists > Education > Islamic countries
Terrorists > Education > Islamic countries
Engineering students > Political activity > Islamic countries
Terrorism > religious aspects > islam
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Education of Islamist Extremists
  • 2. Relative Deprivation in the Islamic World
  • 3. Relative Deprivation Probed
  • 4. The Ideology of Islamist Extremism Compared
  • 5. The Education of Other Extremists
  • 6. Mind-sets for Extremists
  • 7. Conclusions

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