The Taliban's Virtual Emirate

The Culture and Psychology of an Online Militant Community
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-231-17426-8
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 478 g

Applying cutting-edge psychiatric theories to an analysis of online Taliban literature in four languages, Neil Krishan Aggarwal constructs a game-changing narrative of the organization's broad appeal and worldview.

Aggarwal focuses on the Taliban's creation of culture, evoking religion in Arabic and English writings, nationalism in Dari sources, and regionalism in Urdu texts. The group also promotes a specific form of argumentation, citing religious scriptures in Arabic works, canonical poets in Dari and Urdu writings, and scholars and journalists in English publications. We see clearly how the Taliban categorizes all Muslims as members and all non-Muslims as outsiders; how they convince Muslims of the need for violence; and how they apply the insider/outside dichotomy to foreign policy. By isolating these themes, Aggarwal helps us craft better counter-messaging strategies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aggarwal, Neil Krishan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamismus, Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsTranscription and Translation GuidePreface1. Channels of Communication in the Virtual Emirate2. Mullah Omar's Leadership in the Virtual Emirate3. Identity in the Virtual Emirate4. Jihad in the Virtual Emirate5. International Relations in the Virtual EmirateEpilogueNotesReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Neil Krishan Aggarwal is a cultural psychiatrist in private practice, an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, and a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He is the author of Mental Health in the War on Terror: Culture, Science, and Statecraft.