Islamism: religion, radicalization, and resistance

Introduction: the Islamist challenge

Definitions and representations: the legacy of Orientalism

'The Fanonian Impulse': Islamism as identity and ideology

Roots and branches: from the Muslim Brotherhood to Hamas

Islamists without borders: al-Qa'ida and its affiliates

Hezbollah: Islamism as obligation to resistance

Bitter harvest: Algerian Islamism

Western Europe: Islamism as mirror image

Conclusion: Islamism and a fragmented quest for dignity.