Introduction: Greetings, fellow academics and literature enthusiasts! Today, we embark on a scholarly expedition through the pages of Jessica White’s book, “Gender mainstreaming in counter-terrorism policy. Building transformative strategies to counter violent extremism.” This is a new book published in 2023 and it is a must-read for anyone interested in the development of gender in…
Category: Book reviews
New book review on The rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror: Coloniality, race, and Islam by Naved Bakali and Farid Hafez
My latest book review is out – The rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror: Coloniality, race, and Islam by Naved Bakali and Farid Hafez (eds.) 2020. This edited volume explores the colonial past and questions of race in relation to Islamophobia all around the world. The authors take a critical view of…
Book review of From the fires of war: Ukraine’s Azov movement and the global far right
My new book review is out – this time it is From the fires of war: Ukraine’s Azov movement and the global far right by Michael Colborne. It is a great read if you are interested in the history and cultural ties of Ukraine’s far right, and the ways the Azov movement has been playing…
My new book review of Counter-terrorism laws and freedom of expression: global perspectives edited by Téwodros Workneh and Paul Haridakis is out
The book is an inspiring contribution to critical terrorism studies scholarship, both in its depth of analysis and in the diversity of country cases presented. It critically analyses the premise of national security as a blanket concept for excusing human rights infringement and argues a compelling case that many governments worldwide, both democratic and authoritarian,…
Book review of “Killing strangers: how political violence became modern” by T. K. Wilson (2020).
This is my review of “Killing strangers: how political violence became modern” by T. K. Wilson, Oxford University Press, 2020, 274 pp., £25 (UK) (hardcover), ISBN 9780198863502.