Utopia, war, and justice
The discursive construction of the state in Isis’ political communications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6084628 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tara Mooney, Gareth Price (0000-0002-4829-930X) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 675-696 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jlp.21016.moo |
| OpenAlex | W4213442833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
Between 2014 and 2017, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) morphed from a terrorist organization into a proto-state that held a large swathe of territory, within which its strict interpretation of sharia law was enforced. We argue that ISIS discursively constructed itself politically by appealing to elements of both a traditional Islamic caliphate and a modern legitimate state. Linguistic and semiotic data is presented from political communications through social media that revolve around three key themes, specifically the construction of a utopian state founded on justice and engaged in righteous war, which all rely fundamentally on a conception of the modern state as holding a “monopoly on the legitimate use of force”, in Weber’s definition. We analyze this data from a critical discourse analysis (CDA) perspective, within a theoretical framework that draws on the political sociology of the state and political communications in asymmetric conflicts
Caliphate · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Islam · Linguistics · Media studies · Monopoly · Political science · Political subjectivity · Politics · Semiotics · Sharia · Sociology · State (computer science · Terrorism · Utopia · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · History · Law · Philosophy
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Bringing the State Back In
Discourse and social change
“They cowardly attack US, so we nobly eliminate them…”
Isis
How the Weak Win Wars
How Can Weak Powers Win
Intersections of Isis media leader loss and media campaign strategy
Islamic State’s quest for legitimacy
The war of ideas on the Internet
Neither global nor national
Tweeting the Jihad
An Analysis of Inspire and Dabiq
Mapping the thematic landscape of Dabiq magazine
Correlation, collocation and cohesion
Extremist propaganda and Qur’anic scripture
Navigating Isis’s Preferred Platform
From Warfare to Imagefare
The virtual dimension of contemporary insurgency and counterinsurgency
Cooking the Meal of Terror' Manipulative Strategies in Terrorist Discourse
From Max Weber
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |