Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern

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"Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern" is a non-fiction book by political philosopher John Gray that argues Islamist terrorism is a distinctly modern phenomenon rooted in Western ideas rather than a throwback to medievalism.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
argues modern revolutionary ideologies influence contemporary jihadism ⓘ
modern technologies and global networks are integral to Al-Qaeda ⓘ
author John Gray ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizesView interpretation of Al-Qaeda as an atavistic medieval movement ⓘ
interpretation of Islamist terrorism as purely religious ⓘ
discussesConcept nihilism ⓘ
secular political ideologies ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
utopianism ⓘ
focusesOnOrganization Al-Qaeda ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaeda
genre political non-fiction ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalPerspective critique of Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
critique of liberal optimism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Islamist terrorism ⓘ
Western political ideas ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
mainThesis Al-Qaeda is shaped by Western revolutionary and utopian ideas ⓘ
Islamist terrorism is a distinctly modern phenomenon ⓘ
Islamist terrorism is not a medieval throwback ⓘ
modernity produces new forms of nihilistic violence ⓘ
philosophicalTradition political realism ⓘ
positionOnAlQaeda Al-Qaeda is a product of modernity rather than pre-modern Islam ⓘ
positionOnMedievalism describes the view of Al-Qaeda as medieval as misleading ⓘ
positionOnModernity modernity is associated with utopian projects and totalizing ideologies ⓘ
positionOnWesternIdeas Islamist terrorism draws on Western revolutionary and totalitarian traditions ⓘ
relatedToEvent September 11 attacks ⓘ

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Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern → mainThesis → Al-Qaeda is shaped by Western revolutionary and utopian ideas ⓘ
linked to: Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern
Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern → positionOnAlQaeda → Al-Qaeda is a product of modernity rather than pre-modern Islam ⓘ
linked to: Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern