[Asia_news] PSC SEMINAR The charismatic leaders of radical and militant Islamism: Transformative routinisation from Afghani to Awlaki 12:30pm-2:00pm, Tuesday 13th November 2012

[Julie Fitzgibbon]

PSC SEMINAR  

 

Topic

The charismatic leaders of radical and militant Islamism: Transformative
routinisation from Afghani to Awlaki 

 

Speaker 

Dr Haroro Ingram

 

Date & Venue 

12:30pm-2:00pm, Tuesday 13th November 2012  

PSC Reading Room, 4.27 Level 4 Hedley Bull Building, ANU 

 

 

Abstract

Despite the field's broad recognition that charismatic leaders play a
significant role in the emergence and evolution of radical and militant
Islamist movements, there remain few significant studies devoted to
understanding the charismatic leadership phenomenon in Islamist radicalism
and militancy. This presentation examines how charismatic leaders have acted
as the vehicles for the evolutionary development of modern Islamist
radicalism and militancy. At a micro-level, this seminar explores the
complex drivers behind the rise and appeal of charismatic figures such as
Sayyid Qutb, Abdullah Azzam, Osama Bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki. At a
macro-level, it traces the transformative charisma phenomenon in Islamist
radicalism and militancy - a form of routinisation that produces complex
chains of charismatic leaders, each of whom emerge in part by building on
the charismatic capital of their predecessors -  from the Islamist
modernists of the late-1800s through the 20th century and into the 21st
century. Moreover, this research demonstrates the potential utility of
charismatic leadership theory as a powerful analytical paradigm that brings
into acute focus, perhaps more than any other conceptual framework, nuances
critical to understanding the rise of radical and militant movements. 

About the Speaker 

Haroro is a Visiting Fellow with the Department of Political and Social
Change. 

 

 

Details of forthcoming and recent PSC seminars, workshops and conferences
can be found at http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/psc/seminars.php

 

 

 

Julie Fitzgibbon
Departmental Administrator
Department of Political and Social Change
School of International, Political and Strategic Studies (IPS)

College of Asia and the Pacific

Hedley Bull Centre (#130)
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200 Australia

T: +61 2 6125 4790
F: +61 2 6125 5523
email: psc.admin at anu.edu.au

 

 

 

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