{"product_id":"the-universal-enemy-jihad-empire-and-the-challenge-of-solidarity-9781503610873","title":"The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo contemporary figure is more demonized than the Islamist foreign fighter who wages jihad around the world. Spreading violence, disregarding national borders, and rejecting secular norms, so-called jihadists seem opposed to universalism itself. In a radical departure from conventional wisdom on the topic, \u003ci\u003eThe Universal Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e argues that transnational jihadists are engaged in their own form of universalism: these fighters struggle to realize an Islamist vision directed at all of humanity, transcending racial and cultural difference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthropologist and attorney Darryl Li reconceptualizes jihad as armed transnational solidarity under conditions of American empire, revisiting a pivotal moment after the Cold War when ethnic cleansing in the Balkans dominated global headlines. Muslim volunteers came from distant lands to fight in Bosnia-Herzegovina alongside their co-religionists, offering themselves as an alternative to the US-led international community. Li highlights the parallels and overlaps between transnational jihads and other universalisms such as the War on Terror, United Nations peacekeeping, and socialist Non-Alignment. Developed from more than a decade of research with former fighters in a half-dozen countries, \u003ci\u003eThe Universal Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e explores the relationship between jihad and American empire to shed critical light on both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarryl Li\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544615358738,"sku":"9781503610873","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8168dd17-454e-40a7-a060-f62650504f5e.jpg?v=1731532193","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-universal-enemy-jihad-empire-and-the-challenge-of-solidarity-9781503610873","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}