Investigating the formation of ISIS Based on the Ferguson and Mansbach Theory post-international
The title is a research paper by Mehdi Abbaszadeh[1] and Nasrollah Nakhaei[2] published in “پژوهشهاي سياسي جهان اسلام”, (2019) Volume 9, Issue 3, 35-59. The following is an excerpt from its abstract.[3]
Objective and Methodology
This paper's goal is to investigate the formation of ISIS in the Middle East and then appearing as a transnational actor at regional and international levels based on the post-international theory of Ferguson and Mansbach and by using descriptive method and data collection in documents and libraries.
Findings
The findings show that identity and antinational factors are the main factors in the formation of ISIS. In fact, the members of ISIS could define a new identity for “self”, “other”, “friend” and “enemy”.
ISIS and nationality
Meanwhile, ISIS is an antinationalist group and its leaders consider nationalism in opposition with Islamic Ummah that is why this group succeeded in recruitment in many nationalities among most of the countries around the globe. These have made ISIS a transnational actor at the global level threatening western liberal democratic values such as scientificism, secularism and democracy, which are regarded obsolete by this group.
Notes
- ↑ Assistant Professor of Political Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, maphdir@gmail.com
- ↑ Master of Political Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
- ↑ http://priw.ir/article-1-915-en.html