TY - BOOK ID - 85644572 TI - Deadly clerics : blocked ambition and the paths to Jihad PY - 2017 SN - 1108265669 110827112X 1108241700 1108416683 1108404057 PB - Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Jihad. KW - Holy war (Islam) KW - Islamic holy war KW - Jahad KW - Jehad KW - Muslim holy war KW - War (Islamic law) KW - Clericalism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85644572 AB - Deadly Clerics explains why some Muslim clerics adopt the ideology of militant jihadism while most do not. The book explores multiple pathways of cleric radicalization and shows that the interplay of academic, religious, and political institutions has influenced the rise of modern jihadism through a mechanism of blocked ambition. As long as clerics' academic ambitions remain attainable, they are unlikely to espouse violent jihad. Clerics who are forced out of academia are more likely to turn to jihad for two reasons: jihadist ideas are attractive to those who see the system as turning against them, and preaching a jihad ideology can help these outsider clerics attract supporters and funds. The book draws on evidence from various sources, including large-scale statistical analysis of texts and network data obtained from the Internet, case studies of clerics' lives, and ethnographic participant observations at sites in Cairo, Egypt. ER -