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Plebeian Jihadism in Denmark [Recurso electrónico] PDF : An Individualisation and Popularization Preading the Growth of the Islamic State

By: Material type: ArticlePublication details: Alex P Schmid 2016Subject(s): Online resources: In: Perspectives on Terrorism Perspectives on Terrorism . -- Vol. 10 N. 6 (Dec. 2016)Summary: Already before the Islamic State's conquests in Syria and Iraq, a plebeian version of jihadism was developing in Denmark. This version resonates particularly well with the Islamic State's version, in some ways resembling it, indicating that the group is not so much creating something new as it is capturing a Zeitgeist, channeling already existing energies in its direction. This perspective allows us to view the group's mobilization in Denmark in a new light, which as implications for how to best respond to it, and it reminds us that a military defeat of the Islamic State is unlikely to end all contemporary challenges posed by jihadism.
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Already before the Islamic State's conquests in Syria and Iraq, a plebeian version of jihadism was developing in Denmark. This version resonates particularly well with the Islamic State's version, in some ways resembling it, indicating that the group is not so much creating something new as it is capturing a Zeitgeist, channeling already existing energies in its direction. This perspective allows us to view the group's mobilization in Denmark in a new light, which as implications for how to best respond to it, and it reminds us that a military defeat of the Islamic State is unlikely to end all contemporary challenges posed by jihadism.

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