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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been the subject of intense scrutiny in the West. Considered by many to be the most dangerous terrorist organisation in the world, it has become shrouded in numerous myths and narratives, many emanating from the US, which often fail to grasp its true nature. Against these narratives, Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou presents a bold new theory of ISIS. By tracing its genealogy and documenting its evolution in Iraq and Syria, he argues that ISIS has transcended Osama Bin Laden's original project of Al Qaeda, mutating into an unprecedented hybrid form that distils postcolonial violence, postmodernity and the emerging post-globalisation international order. This book analyses ISIS from a social sciences perspective and unpacks its dynamics by looking beyond superficial questions such as its terrorist nature and religious rhetoric. It transforms our understanding of ISIS and its profound impact on the very nature of contemporary political violence.

Terrorism --- Social aspects --- IS (Organization) --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) --- ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) --- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria --- Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham --- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant --- Dawlah al-Islāmīyah --- Daech --- Dāʻish --- Daesh --- Daeş --- Estado Islâmico --- ES --- Estado Islâmico do Iraque --- Estado Islâmico do Iraque e da Síria --- Estado Islâmico do Iraque e Síria --- IŞİD --- دولة الإسلامية --- داعش --- IGIL --- ИГИЛ --- Islamskoe gosudarstvo Iraka i Levanta --- Исламское государство Ирака и Леванта --- Dâʼisy al-ʻIrāq wa-asy-Syâm --- Daisy --- Daulah Islamiyah Iraq dan Syam --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Daʻiş --- Islamic State --- Religious aspects --- Islam --- Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fi al-'Irāq wa-al-Shām --- دولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام‎ --- Terrorism - Social aspects - Iraq --- Terrorism - Social aspects - Syria --- Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam --- Iraq. --- Syria. --- Bilād al-Rāfidayn --- Bilād --- Irak --- Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah --- Republic of Iraq --- Arabska Republika Syryjska --- Aravikē Dēmokratia tēs Syrias --- Fédération des États de Syrie --- Ittiḥād al-Duwal al-Sūrīyah --- Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya --- Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah --- Jumhūriyyah al-ʻArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah --- R.A.S. --- RAS --- Repubblica Araba Siriana --- Republiḳah ha-ʻArvit ha-Surit --- République arabe syrienne --- SAR --- Shiria --- Siria --- Sirii͡ --- Siriĭskai͡a Arabskai͡a Respublika --- Siriĭskata arabska republika --- Siryi͡ --- Siryĭskai͡a Arabskai͡a Rėspublika --- Sowria --- Suryah --- Syrian Arab Republic --- Syrie --- Syrien --- Syrii͡ --- Syriĭsʹka Arabsʹka respublika --- Syrische Arabische Republik --- United Arab Republic --- Xuliya --- דאעש --- État islamique