Journal article
Jihadi Rebels in Civil War
- Abstract:
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In this essay, I decouple violent jihadism from both religion and terrorism and propose an alternative, nonexclusive understanding of jihadi groups as rebel groups engaged in civil wars. Arguing that jihadi groups can be profitably approached as the current species of revolutionary insurgents, I offer a comparison with an older species, the Marxist rebels of the Cold War. I point to a few significant similarities and differences between these two types of revolutionary rebels and draw some ke...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Daedalus Journal website
- Volume:
- 147
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 36-47
- Publication date:
- 2018-01-03
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1548-6192
- ISSN:
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0011-5266
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:820837
- UUID:
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uuid:a0394b8c-a910-4e80-a1d5-b98af1525f04
- Local pid:
- pubs:820837
- Source identifiers:
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820837
- Deposit date:
- 2019-06-28
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- Copyright holder:
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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