Entrepreneurs of Identity

The Islamic State’s Symbolic Repertoire

Christoph Gunther

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English

Berghahn Books
14 January 2022

Social & cultural anthropology; Religious & theocratic ideologies

Series: Integration and Conflict Studies

Describing the Islamic State’s ideologues as ‘entrepreneurs of identity’, this book explores how the group defined categories of social identity and used them as tools of communicative and cognitive structuring. Based on a wide dossier of original texts, speeches, images, and videos, the book examines how these ideologues have built a symbolic repertoire around the black flag as well as ideas and social practices such as the dictum to command good and forbid wrong, the supervision of public behaviour, and the oath of allegiance to the Caliph.

By: Christoph Gunther
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781800732667
ISBN 10: 180073266X
Series: Integration and Conflict Studies
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 14 January 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christoph Günther is the Principal Investigator of the junior research group ""Jihadism on the Internet: Images and Videos, Their Dissemination and Appropriation"" in the Department of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Mainz. His recent publications include the co-edited Jihadi Audiovisuality and its Entanglements: Meanings, Aesthetics, Appropriations (Edinburgh University Press, 2020).

Reviews for Entrepreneurs of Identity: The Islamic State’s Symbolic Repertoire

An excellent study of a contemporary politico-religious movement, which readers, including those who follow current events, will find informative and provocative. The author provides a sophisticated analysis of topical issues such as Sunni-Shii differences, sectarianism, nationalism, and identity politics. * Lois Beck, Washington University In Saint Louis This book provides a valuable new perspective on the Islamic State by exploring how its ideologues, as 'entrepreneurs of identity', sought to construct and authorize categories of social identity in order to offer existential and ontological security to its sympathizers. * Pieter Nanninga, University of Groningen