Book Chapter

Who are the Radical Islamists?

Kurzman, Charles

Description

Book chapter written by 2008 DPDF Muslim Modernities Research Director Charles Kurzman in The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts, 3rd Edition.

 

Providing a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world. 

  • Includes the latest research on contemporary movements in the US and abroad, including the Arab spring, Occupy, and the global justice movement 
  • Provides original texts, many of them classics in the field, which have been edited for the non-technical reader 
  • Combines the strengths of a reader and a textbook with selected readings and extensive editorial material 
  • Sidebars offer concise definitions of key terms, as well as biographies of famous activists and chronologies of several key movements 
  • Requires no prior knowledge about social movements or theories of social movements
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