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
surface form: 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 and What It Means to Be Modern self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 and What It Means to Be Modern self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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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John Gray notableWork Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern
Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern mainThesis Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Al-Qaeda is shaped by Western revolutionary and utopian ideas
Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern positionOnAlQaeda Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Al-Qaeda is a product of modernity rather than pre-modern Islam