چکیده:
The ISIS group, as a new manifestation of extremist Islamic fundamentalism, plays an increasing role in current international equations. Therefore, the question arises whether various theories of international relations possess the power to explain the motivations, goals, procedures, and behavior of this group? The behaviors of religious extremist groups are not an instrumental activity based on the logic of cost-benefit rationality that can be easily understood or managed; on the other hand, their behavioral patterns are not compatible with many of the core assumptions of international relations theories. Therefore, none of the rational choice and mainstream theories allow for a comprehensive analysis. However, concepts from the constructivist analytical framework, by looking at sociological, normative, identity, and cultural factors and emphasizing the role of discourses, provide a more suitable context for analyzing identity-ideological groups. Among these concepts is attention to the foundations of collective identity and attention to ontological security alongside physical security, which, in analyzing the behavior of the ISIS group in the arena of international relations, possess greater explanatory power than mainstream theories.
خلاصه ماشینی:
A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing the Behavior of the ISIS Group Bahador Aminian 1, Seyed Hosam al-Din Zamani Zamani 2 Date of Receipt: 2014/06/05 Date of Acceptance: 2016/12/05 Abstract The ISIS group, as a new manifestation of extremist Islamic fundamentalism, has committed countless crimes in Iraq, Syria, and other countries under the pretext of reviving the Islamic Caliphate, and plays an increasing role in current international equations as an effective actor in international relations.
Among these concepts, attention to the constitutive foundations of "collective identity" and attention to "ontological security" alongside physical security possess greater explanatory power in analyzing the behavior of the ISIS group in the arena of international relations compared to mainstream theories.
By utilizing the constitutive foundations of collective identity, this article demonstrates how ideological interpretations of religion and ethnicity, a history of humiliation and frustration, shared narratives, perceptions, and beliefs, as well as the fear of the non-continuity of identity, social gathering, and the material environment, have led to the highly extremist behaviors of the ISIS group.
In this state, offensive or defensive reactions aimed at avoiding destruction take shape; the endangerment of the semantic core of collective identity follows various factors that, in the Middle East region, have provided a suitable context for the emergence and manifestation of the radical and violent spectrum and have introduced a dangerous actor named ISIS into the political equations of this region, including the intersection of historical humiliations and the history of colonialism and exploitation, the phenomenon of globalization, the failure of the nation-building process, autocratic and secular governments under Western protection, social, economic, and cultural crises, and US policies in the Middle East.
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