Asghar Keivan Hosseini
Abstract
In the field of State Studies, power has usually been considered on the basis of coercion and special attention has been paid to deterministic mechanisms. As a contemplative indicator, a search for the concept of power on the Internet reveals how it relates to other coercive concepts such as domination, ...
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In the field of State Studies, power has usually been considered on the basis of coercion and special attention has been paid to deterministic mechanisms. As a contemplative indicator, a search for the concept of power on the Internet reveals how it relates to other coercive concepts such as domination, supremacy, pressure, and force. In this article, while pointing to the consequences of the mentioned limiting model, the main purpose is to reflect on the context of changing attitudes toward the deterministic foundation of power and in this regard, we try to insist on the consequences of the concept of "audience reception" in the context of Power Studies. On this basis, thinking about government power based on the issue of reception has led to the concept of power being considered clustered and complex, and caused it to have the characteristics such as "normative desirability and metamaterial function", "communicative nature", "integrative and expanding social integration", "model-maker and cultural prioritizer", "interrelated with knowledge", "sensitive to independence and interdependence" and "rejection of economism with the acceptance of the legitimacy of the social system". The research method is descriptive-explanatory and the main finding is that explaining how the element of satisfaction plays a role in power (government) studies can be considered as a basis and introduction to "cognitive transformation" in this field; A decisive development that brings a new horizon to the field of thinking about invisibility or soft-power in the field of coercive mechanisms of government power.
Seyed Asghar Keyvan Hoseini; tayebeh Mohamadikia
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ISIS could put into reality an idealistic and old-fashioned concept of Caliphate for the first time after the collapse of its last version, Ottoman caliphate. It also tried to turn the theory into an ideology by which the group was excepting to establish a state with the main aim of overcoming the dominancy ...
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ISIS could put into reality an idealistic and old-fashioned concept of Caliphate for the first time after the collapse of its last version, Ottoman caliphate. It also tried to turn the theory into an ideology by which the group was excepting to establish a state with the main aim of overcoming the dominancy of western civilization both over the region and the world. Based on this, the group tried to purpose a new approach toward political Islam idealism and Arab-Sunni fundamentalism in order to make it suitable for an effective fight with its enemy not as partisans but as a state. It shows that the study of the phenomena of ISIS not only as a practice in the range of real politics, but also as an ideological effort in the theoretical sphere is important and notable. There is a theoretical benefit in doing research on the way ISIS state (as an alternative for the westernized states) is formed. Based on this, this paper intended to study the concept of state in ISIS through the application of discourse methodology. After the explanation of the method, it focused on Salafi discourse as a source of ISIS ideology. Then the concept of power in this discourse is explained. Finally it showed how this concept is formulated and articulated within the framework of ISIS discourse to justify both its legitimacy and actions as a state actor.
