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Violence and MilitantsFrom Ottoman Rebellions to Jihadist Organizations |
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The first comprehensive analysis of the use of violence by militant groups across time and space.
How do militants rationalize violence and what are their motives? How do time and space shape their destiny? In Violence and Militants Baris Cayli explores these enduring questions by comparing violent episodes in towns and villages in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Balkans with today's zones of conflict from Afghanistan to the Middle East.
Placing history alongside the troubles of the present, Violence and Militants reveals parallels between Christian militants who rebelled against the Ottoman Empire and four jihadist organizations of today: Hezbollah, Hamas, al-Qaeda, and Isis. Drawing on scholarship by political theorists, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, Cayli traces the root of dissent to a perceived deprivation that leads to aggressive protest and action. He argues that the rationalization of violence functions independently of time and geographical location. Through a riveting narrative, this book uncovers how militant groups use revenge, ideals, and confrontation to generate fear and terror in the name of justice.
Breaking new ground, Violence and Militants is the first book to address this complex relationship across different periods of history.
Placing history alongside the troubles of the present, Violence and Militants reveals parallels between Christian militants who rebelled against the Ottoman Empire and four jihadist organizations of today: Hezbollah, Hamas, al-Qaeda, and Isis. Drawing on scholarship by political theorists, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, Cayli traces the root of dissent to a perceived deprivation that leads to aggressive protest and action. He argues that the rationalization of violence functions independently of time and geographical location. Through a riveting narrative, this book uncovers how militant groups use revenge, ideals, and confrontation to generate fear and terror in the name of justice.
Breaking new ground, Violence and Militants is the first book to address this complex relationship across different periods of history.
Details
Part of the Human Dimensions in Foreign Policy, Military Studies, and Security Studies Series (number 6 in series)
224 Pages, 6 x 9
2 tables, 1 image
ISBN 9780773558694
September 2019
Formats: Cloth, eBook
"A serious-minded and sophisticated treatment of a controversial and significant subject." Richard English, Queen's University Belfast and author of Does Terrorism Work?: A History
“Violence and Militants is an insightful analysis focused on a key question: How do violent organizations and groups justify their use of violence in different times and places? In this empirically rich study Baris Cayli explores how structural and cultural violence operate in premodern and contemporary social contexts. Homing in on the behaviour of rebels and state authorities in the Ottoman world as well as violent organizations of today, this book offers a novel interpretation of the social processes involved in the rationalization and use of violence.” Siniša Maleševic, University College Dublin and author of The Rise of Organised Brutality: A Historical Sociology of Violence
"Violence and Militants offers the reader an exciting journey to uncover the ravages of catastrophe." Jeffrey Ian Ross, University of Baltimore and author of Political Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Approach
"Baris Cayli's approach through the prism of cultural and structural violence brings the kind of comparative study that I haven't seen anywhere else." Christophe Chowanietz, John Abbott College and author of Bombs, Bullets, and Politicians: France's Response to Terrorism
"The great strength of Violence and Militants is the way in which it utilizes the concepts of both cultural and structural violence and applies them to different instances of violence committed by militant groups across time and space. The comparison of the Ottoman rebellions with contemporary militant jihadist groups is unique and provides a different vantage point from which to view militant groups in varying sociopolitical contexts." Monica Ingber, Coventry University and author of The Politics of Conflict: Transubstantiatory Violence in Iraq
"An in-depth look at a complicated topic, Violence and Militants examines the history of destabilizing groups in the Middle East from revolts against the Ottoman Empire to ISIS. Anyone seeking to better understand the state of affairs in the Middle East would be well-advised to read this." Jo Neiderhoff, San Francisco Book Review
"Cayli’s analytical, comparative, and moderate approach invites readers to engage in an intellectual dialogue over group manifestations of violence, rationalized in the name of ideological goals. The points raised are thought-provoking - not entertainment or distraction. Questions asked as well as answered generate new inquiries and new insights.” A. Ezel Kural Shaw, co-author of The History of Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
“Violence and Militants is an insightful analysis focused on a key question: How do violent organizations and groups justify their use of violence in different times and places? In this empirically rich study Baris Cayli explores how structural and cultural violence operate in premodern and contemporary social contexts. Homing in on the behaviour of rebels and state authorities in the Ottoman world as well as violent organizations of today, this book offers a novel interpretation of the social processes involved in the rationalization and use of violence.” Siniša Maleševic, University College Dublin and author of The Rise of Organised Brutality: A Historical Sociology of Violence
"Violence and Militants offers the reader an exciting journey to uncover the ravages of catastrophe." Jeffrey Ian Ross, University of Baltimore and author of Political Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Approach
"Baris Cayli's approach through the prism of cultural and structural violence brings the kind of comparative study that I haven't seen anywhere else." Christophe Chowanietz, John Abbott College and author of Bombs, Bullets, and Politicians: France's Response to Terrorism
"The great strength of Violence and Militants is the way in which it utilizes the concepts of both cultural and structural violence and applies them to different instances of violence committed by militant groups across time and space. The comparison of the Ottoman rebellions with contemporary militant jihadist groups is unique and provides a different vantage point from which to view militant groups in varying sociopolitical contexts." Monica Ingber, Coventry University and author of The Politics of Conflict: Transubstantiatory Violence in Iraq
"An in-depth look at a complicated topic, Violence and Militants examines the history of destabilizing groups in the Middle East from revolts against the Ottoman Empire to ISIS. Anyone seeking to better understand the state of affairs in the Middle East would be well-advised to read this." Jo Neiderhoff, San Francisco Book Review
"Cayli’s analytical, comparative, and moderate approach invites readers to engage in an intellectual dialogue over group manifestations of violence, rationalized in the name of ideological goals. The points raised are thought-provoking - not entertainment or distraction. Questions asked as well as answered generate new inquiries and new insights.” A. Ezel Kural Shaw, co-author of The History of Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
Baris Cayli is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and visiting professor at LUMSA University.
Preface / ix
Acknowledgments / xi
Notes on Pronunciation and Acronyms / xiii
Introduction / 3
1 The Historical Paradigm / 23
2 Cultural Violence / 43
3 The Rationalization and Application of Cultural Violence / 79
4 Structural Violence / 93
5 The Rationalization and Application of Structural Violence / 127
6 From a Violent Past to a Desperate Future / 139
Notes / 159
Index / 199
Acknowledgments / xi
Notes on Pronunciation and Acronyms / xiii
Introduction / 3
1 The Historical Paradigm / 23
2 Cultural Violence / 43
3 The Rationalization and Application of Cultural Violence / 79
4 Structural Violence / 93
5 The Rationalization and Application of Structural Violence / 127
6 From a Violent Past to a Desperate Future / 139
Notes / 159
Index / 199
