Seyed Abdolamir Nabavi; Nozhan Etezadolsaltaneh
Abstract
As an ideological totalitarian state, on the way towards the utopic society, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has attempted to cultivate people via totalitarian control over the human lives. However, through an unusual reading of the sacred text (Koran), ISIS has focused on a special version of ...
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As an ideological totalitarian state, on the way towards the utopic society, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has attempted to cultivate people via totalitarian control over the human lives. However, through an unusual reading of the sacred text (Koran), ISIS has focused on a special version of education for kids and non-adults. Focusing on the ideological content of the educational texts and content Analysis of them, and based on the important conceptual frameworks introduced by Louis Althusser on the Ideological State Apparatus, the present study attempts to explore the ISIS textbooks, besides the emotional utilities they use in order to strengthen members’ loyalty to the Kaliph. Doing such exploration, our endeavor is concentrated on the different techniques ISIS applies to absorb and train non-adult members: 1. Desensitization to Violence, 2. Collective Identity Inculcation, 3. Positive Governance, 4. Loss/ Replacement of Positive Role Model (s) and 5. Trusted Adult Influencers.
Seyed Abdolamir Nabavi; mariam Rahimi
Abstract
The region of Middle East and North Africa has endured evolutions and transformations for more than four years, and has changed the regional and international relationship. This region has occupied an important and significant position all over the time. Egypt, among that region and following Tunis, ...
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The region of Middle East and North Africa has endured evolutions and transformations for more than four years, and has changed the regional and international relationship. This region has occupied an important and significant position all over the time. Egypt, among that region and following Tunis, has experienced a series of evolution in which raise questions on changes in political culture and their sources and how these changes influence new political evolutions in future. It seems that growing virtual communication networks in Egypt help the transformation and transition from semi-modern political culture, as the January 25th revolution in 2011 wan a symbol of it. However cultural resistance in side of some actors challenged the post-Mubarak situation, mainly in realization and stabilization of democracy. This paper puts the demographic and cultural structure of Egypt in the center of research and uses the secondary analysis method to analyze the variants and their influence based on the data collected from three field studies which have been done in 2011 in al-Ahram Center.
