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(0)Christoph Günther
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Gegenwärtig brechen in verschiedenen Gesellschaften Ikonoklasmen mit neuer Gewalt auf. Angriffe gegen Objekte visueller materieller Kultur und Geschichtszeugnisse bieten Zündstoff für gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzungen. Sie sind Ausdruck politischer, religiöser, nationaler und identitätsbedingter Konflikte. Selbst die Freiheit der Kunst ist durch Zensur und Cancel Culture bedroht. In Fallstudien aus verschiedenen Regionen der Welt werden...
2) Practices of Islamic Preaching: Text, Performativity, and Materiality of Islamic Religious Speech
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Preaching, a practice composed of and accompanied by a myriad of different activities, is an essential element of Muslim religious life both within and beyond mosques. As such, Islamic preaching is a common means of religious promulgation and knowledge transfer, of pastoral guidance and uplift, but also of communication between believers, and as a source of negotiating religious normativity, power relations, and societal topics. Given the centrality...
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
The entanglement of Jihad, Political Violence, and Media has determined the lives of Muslims in Europe and the US over the past 20 years. This book unravels the nexus of these elements, to critically examine how their conjunction is perpetuated, reproduced, or disputed. In 16 case studies, the contributors critically reflect on the identification of jihad with political violence, address the academic, legal, political and broader public production...
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
ISIS is often described as a terrorist organisation that uses social media to empower its supporters and reinforce its message. Through 12 case studies, this book examines the different ways in which Jihadi groups and their supporters use visualisation, sound production and aesthetic means to articulate their cause in online as well as offline contexts. Divided into four thematic sections, the chapters probe Jihadi appropriation of traditional and...