Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0985636

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0985636

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Jihadi, Revolutionary and Anti-war Fiction in Afghanistan, 1978-2007. Afghanistan is a key area of global security concerns. An analysis of three decades of jihadi, revolutionary and anti-war literature (1978-2007) will provide an understanding of how different political groups, particularly the jihadis, utilised literature to further their interests. Australia needs to understand the underlying cultural debates that persist in Afghanistan in order to engage effectively with regional security and counter-terrorism. Despite media controls, the jihadis promoted their cause through published literary sources, imitating the growing Islamic literature of the Middle East. Literature, with its compelling metaphors and allusions, remains one of the main forms of furthering or opposing Islamist goals in Afghanistan.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2009

End Date: 12-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $310,194.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Political Science Not Elsewhere Classified | Other Asian | Political Science | Studies In Human Society Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding other countries | Government and politics not elsewhere classified |

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