Secular war : myths of religion, politics and violence /
Stacey Gutkowski.
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
- xii, 255 p ; 22 cm.
- International library of security studies ; 5 .
- International library of security studies ; 5. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How have long-standing and unconscious secular assumptions about religion shaped the post-9/11 climate and its wars? Stacey Gutkowski explores this little-examined, yet crucial, element of British perceptions of and policy towards Jihadism over the last decade, to draw critical conclusions about the relationship between war and the secular.
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Jihad. Secularism. War--Causes.
Islamic countries--Relations--Western countries. Middle East--Relations--Western countries. Western countries--Relations--Islamic countries. Western countries--Relations--Middle East.