Baris Cayli is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and visiting professor at LUMSA University.
"The great strength of Violence and Militants is the way in which
it utilizes the concepts of both cultural and structural violence
and applies them to different instances of violence committed by
militant groups across time and space. The comparison of the
Ottoman rebellions with contemporary militant jihadist groups is
unique and provides a different vantage point from which to view
militant groups in varying sociopolitical contexts." Monica Ingber,
Coventry University and author of The Politics of Conflict:
Transubstantiatory Violence in Iraq
"Baris Cayli's approach through the prism of cultural and
structural violence brings the kind of comparative study that I
haven't seen anywhere else." Christophe Chowanietz, John Abbott
College and author of Bombs, Bullets, and Politicians: France's
Response to Terrorism
"A serious-minded and sophisticated treatment of a controversial
and significant subject." Richard English, Queen's University
Belfast and author of Does Terrorism Work?: A History
"Violence and Militants offers the reader an exciting journey to
uncover the ravages of catastrophe." Jeffrey Ian Ross, University
of Baltimore and author of Political Terrorism: An
Interdisciplinary Approach
"Violence and Militants is an insightful analysis focused on a key
question: How do violent organizations and groups justify their use
of violence in different times and places? In this empirically rich
study Baris Cayli explores how structural and cultural violence
operate in premodern and contemporary social contexts. Homing in on
the behaviour of rebels and state authorities in the Ottoman world
as well as violent organizations of today, this book offers a novel
interpretation of the social processes involved in the
rationalization and use of violence." Sinisa Malesevic, University
College Dublin
"An in-depth look at a complicated topic, Violence and Militants
examines the history of destabilizing groups in the Middle East
from revolts against the Ottoman Empire to ISIS. Anyone seeking to
better understand the state of affairs in the Middle East would be
well-advised to read this." Jo Neiderhoff, San Francisco Book
Review
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