Jeroen Gunning
Autore di Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence
Opere di Jeroen Gunning
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The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence (Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion) (2011) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
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In Hamas in Politics, Jeroen Gunning challenges the assumption that religion, violence and democracy are inherently incompatible and shows how many of these apparent contradictions flow from the interaction between Hamas' ideology, its local constituency and the nature of politics in Israel/Palestine. Drawing on interviews with members of Hamas and its critics, and a decade of close observation of the group, he offers a penetrating analysis of Hamas' own understanding of its ideology and in particular the tension between its dual commitment to 'God' and 'the people'. The book explores what Hamas' political practice says about its attitude towards democracy, religion and violence, providing a unique examination of the movement's internal organisation, how its leaders are selected and how decisions are made.… (altro)