Global Jihad: A Brief History
Lecture by Dr. Glenn Robinson, Professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey CA (retired in 2021)
Friday, October 21st at Noon in 912 Sproul Hall
Join us on October 21st as Dr. Robinson outlines the argument of his recent book, Global Jihad: A Brief History (Stanford University Press, 2020). His book offers two new perspectives on the topic of jihad in modern Muslim societies: "First, and most important, it constructs a typology that suggests that global jihad is best understood as four quite distinct iterations, or waves, each stemming from a unique set of crises and each having significantly different ideological answers detailing the way ahead. Second, the book seeks to situate global jihad among the universe of violent political movements of the past century. Global jihad is not sui generis, or unique unto itself. Rather, global jihad can be more usefully understood as a variant form of a ‘movement of rage,’ as opposed to more typical revolutionary or anti-colonial movements.” Dr. Robinson has authored or co-authored four books on Middle East politics as well as over 150 journal articles, book chapters, government reports and conference papers.
