Islamist Terrorism and Militancy in Indonesia The Power of the Manichean Mindset

Drawing upon insights from the natural and social sciences, this book puts forth a provocative new argument that the violent Islamist threat in Indonesia today derives its stubborn resilience from being in essence a complex, adaptive and self-organizing system – or what some specialists might even c...

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Tác giả chính: Ramakrishna, Kumar
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-589412023-11-11T06:24:24Z Islamist Terrorism and Militancy in Indonesia The Power of the Manichean Mindset Ramakrishna, Kumar Social Sciences Islam Religious aspects Terrorism Indonesia Drawing upon insights from the natural and social sciences, this book puts forth a provocative new argument that the violent Islamist threat in Indonesia today derives its stubborn resilience from being in essence a complex, adaptive and self-organizing system – or what some specialists might even call a super-organism. The book challenges the popular assumption that ideology is the root cause that explains why Indonesian Islamists radicalize into violent extremism. In addition it addresses why despite years of intense security force pressure, seemingly disparate militant cells keep ‘popping up’ like the proverbial hydra - and in the apparent absence of a centralized coordinating body, nevertheless appear to display an organic interconnectivity with one another. Going beyond standard ideological mantras the book argues that fresh inter-disciplinary thinking is needed to cope with the constantly mutating violent Islamist challenge in Indonesia, and puts forth a comprehensive strategy for doing so. It will be of interest to academics and students of terrorism, religion and violence in the Southeast Asian region. 2015-10-21T07:11:02Z 2015-10-21T07:11:02Z 2015 Book 978-981-287-194-7 978-981-287-193-0 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/58941 en application/pdf Springer
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topic Social Sciences
Islam
Religious aspects
Terrorism
Indonesia
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Islam
Religious aspects
Terrorism
Indonesia
Ramakrishna, Kumar
Islamist Terrorism and Militancy in Indonesia The Power of the Manichean Mindset
description Drawing upon insights from the natural and social sciences, this book puts forth a provocative new argument that the violent Islamist threat in Indonesia today derives its stubborn resilience from being in essence a complex, adaptive and self-organizing system – or what some specialists might even call a super-organism. The book challenges the popular assumption that ideology is the root cause that explains why Indonesian Islamists radicalize into violent extremism. In addition it addresses why despite years of intense security force pressure, seemingly disparate militant cells keep ‘popping up’ like the proverbial hydra - and in the apparent absence of a centralized coordinating body, nevertheless appear to display an organic interconnectivity with one another. Going beyond standard ideological mantras the book argues that fresh inter-disciplinary thinking is needed to cope with the constantly mutating violent Islamist challenge in Indonesia, and puts forth a comprehensive strategy for doing so. It will be of interest to academics and students of terrorism, religion and violence in the Southeast Asian region.
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title Islamist Terrorism and Militancy in Indonesia The Power of the Manichean Mindset
title_short Islamist Terrorism and Militancy in Indonesia The Power of the Manichean Mindset
title_full Islamist Terrorism and Militancy in Indonesia The Power of the Manichean Mindset
title_fullStr Islamist Terrorism and Militancy in Indonesia The Power of the Manichean Mindset
title_full_unstemmed Islamist Terrorism and Militancy in Indonesia The Power of the Manichean Mindset
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url https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/58941
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