Entrepreneurs of Identity : : The Islamic State’s Symbolic Repertoire / / Christoph Günther.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Günther, Christoph,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Integration and Conflict Studies ; 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on Translations and Transliterations --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 Entrepreneurs of Identity and the Sectarianisation of Iraq and Syria --; Chapter 2 The Caliphate --; Chapter 3 Iconography and Iconoclasm --; Conclusion --; Glossary of Frequently Used Arabic Terms --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800732674; 9783110997668
• DOI: 10.1515/9781800732674
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christoph Günther.

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.