The Jihadist Preachers of the End Times
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-3924-4 (ISBN)
Based on the group’s primary sources as well as medieval Muslim apocalyptic literature and its modern interpretations, the book analyses the ways ISIS presents its message concerning the Last Days as a meaningful, inventive and frightening expression of collectively shared expectations relating to the supposedly approaching the End Times.
Bronislav Ostřanský is a research fellow at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. He graduated from Charles University, Prague, specialising in the Arabic language and the history and culture of Islamic countries (Ph.D. in 2005). His research focuses mainly on medieval Islamic thought, especially mysticism (Sufism).
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on Names and Transliteration
Introduction
Anchoring the Subject
The Current State of Research
Structure and Methodology
Chapter 1: The Quest for the Portents of the Hour
Key Apocalyptic Terms and Notions
Main Players of the Muslim Apocalypse
Apocalyptic Sources and Historic Manifestations
Chapter 2: Muslim Preachers of the Approaching End
From Dusty Bookshelves to Spiritual Blockbusters
Modern Muslim Apocalyptic Creativity
The Jihadist Fuse and the Millennial Charge?
Apocalyptic Messengers and Forerunners
Chapter 3: The Topography of the Last Days
From the East to Jerusalem
Symbolism and Imagery of the Apocalypse
Chapter 4: The Spark Has Been Lit Here in Iraq
The Apocalyptic March
From Dābiq
To Rome
Chapter 5: The Countdown to the Apocalypse
They Plot, but Allah Also Plots
The Islamic Armageddon
How to Sell the Apocalypse?
Chapter 6: A Feeble Folk to Whom No Concern is Accorded
The Apocalypse as a Battlefield
Sunni ‘Apocalypses Light’
Doomsday Visions of the Shiites
Chapter 7: The Hour as Goal and Vehicle: A Summary of ISIS Apocalypticism
Appendices
1. A Brief Glossary of Muslim Apocalyptic and Eschatological Vocabulary
2. A Comprehensive Chronological Overview of the ISIS Phenomenon
3. An ISIS ‘Apocalyptic Reader’
4. Overview Map
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.06.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 black and white illustration |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 483 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-3924-1 / 1474439241 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-3924-4 / 9781474439244 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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