Islam and Political Violence: An Examination of the Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Palestine

In this paper I examine how political violence is justified in the charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). Using the recent work done in the social psychological literature, I argue in the paper that the charter draws upon the Islamic history and memory to authorize political violence; c...

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Autor principal:	Sandhu, Amandeep
Formato:	Objeto de conferencia
Lenguaje:	Español
Publicado:	2004
Materias:	Ciencias Jurídicas Relaciones Internacionales violencia política Islamismo political violence Islamic Resistance Movement humiliated fury martyrdom
Acceso en línea:	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/40301
Aporte de:	SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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description	In this paper I examine how political violence is justified in the charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). Using the recent work done in the social psychological literature, I argue in the paper that the charter draws upon the Islamic history and memory to authorize political violence; charter uses explicit construction of binary symbols and historical mythology to dehumanize the target of violence; and finally, the charter evokes shame—which lead to “humiliated fury”—through collective memory of humiliation, which then might make martyrdom attractive.
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title_short	Islam and Political Violence: An Examination of the Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Palestine
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Islam and Political Violence: An Examination of the Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Palestine

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