Countering Jihadi Cool: Narrative, Law, Culture, and Philosophy Against Global Jihad

Using an aesthetic culture and techniques termed as jihadi cool, terrorist groups have been able to recruit members from around the world, so how do we begin to respond?

This book analyzes the rhetorical and ethical dynamics of a culture of jihadi cool/chic, and why these rhetorical and aesthetic techniques have been such a powerful recruitment force for particular transnational terrorist groups. The author uses an evidence-based approach, with frameworks derived from law, politics, philosophy, rhetoric, feminist theory, and communication studies, to examine various attempts to construct counter-narratives to the jihadi cool master narrative. The book closes with an examination of how to begin to respond critically and effectively to the lure of jihadi cool.

Caroline Joan ＂Kay＂ S. Picart, M.Phil. (Cantab), Ph.D., J.D.-M.A., Esquire, is an Appellate Assistant Public Defender at the Florida Tenth Judicial Circuit’s Public Defender’s Office, former adjunct professor of law at Florida A&M University, U.S. and former associate professor of English and humanities at Florida State University, U.S.