Eschatology in the ISIS narrative

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dc.contributor.advisorMoin, A. Azfaren
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKuperman, Alan Jen
dc.creatorPetit, David Nathanielen
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-3550-8712en
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-28T18:28:10Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:30:18Z
dc.date.available2016-07-28T18:28:10Z
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:30:18Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.date.submittedDecember 2015
dc.date.updated2016-07-28T18:28:10Z
dc.description.abstractApocalyptic millenarianism, rooted in traditional Islamic eschatology, is at the very core of the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s narrative and its claim to sovereignty and legitimacy. The millenarian narrative also represents a radical departure from the jihadist paradigm of al-Qa’ida and provides a major conceptual and theoretical challenge to al-Qa’ida’s leadership of the global jihadist movement. Other combatant groups in the Syrian civil war, such as Jabhat al-Nusra and Hezbollah, make some limited use of millenarian symbols. This essay will reference these cases briefly, for the purposes of comparison and context. The primary goals are to analyze the Islamic State’s challenge to al-Qa’ida, document ISIS’s millenarian narrative, and to contextualize these millenarian outbursts.en
dc.description.departmentGlobal Policy Studiesen
dc.description.departmentMiddle Eastern Studiesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T21R6N12Hen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/39297en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectIslamic Stateen
dc.subjectISISen
dc.subjectISILen
dc.subjectMillenarianismen
dc.subjectMillennialismen
dc.subjectEschatologyen
dc.subjectIraqen
dc.subjectSyriaen
dc.subjectCivil waren
dc.titleEschatology in the ISIS narrativeen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.materialtexten

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