{"product_id":"9781780322636","title":"Representing Jihad: The Appearing and Disappearing Radical","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe jihad has been at the centre of the West's securitization discourse for more than a decade. Theorists frequently use the jihadist as a discursive tool to further their neoliberal, military and market agendas, perpetuating massive gaps of understanding between the West, Muslims and jihadists themselves. They are helped by Muslim interlocutors, who all too often play the role of the 'good' Muslim explaining the motifs of the 'bad'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepresenting Jihad skulfully critiques the debate around the jihadist, arguing that Muslim theory and fiction have been commodified to cater to the needs of Western ideology. Examining the work of theorists such as Edward Said and Slavoj Zizek, novelists such as Don DeLillo and Orhan Pamuk, and jihadists such as Mohammed Siddique Khan and Osama bin Laden, O'Rourke explores some of the critical fault lines in postcolonial theory and literary analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimely and comprehensive, this book argues that the temptation to appropriate the figure of the jihadist offers fertile ground for a discussion about the limits of current theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zed Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052432769264,"sku":"9781780322636","price":125.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780322636_p0.jpg?v=1769891042","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780322636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}