Bulletin n. 1/2017
June 2017
INDICE
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Barbato Mariano, Hantscher Sinja, Lederer Markus
    Imagining Jihad
    in Global Affairs , Volume 2, Issue 4 ,  2016 ,  419-429
    The article examines how the Islamic State (IS) has evolved into a community- and initial state-building project. Using Benedict Anderson’s concept of “imagined community” (Anderson, B. [1983]. Imagined communities. London: Verso), we claim that IS is about to construct an aggressive Sunni national identity with a specific territorial claim, which could have a high impact on international order. Comparing nationalism and Islamism allows us to understand the strong appeal of the latter much better than a focus on religion alone.
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