Gutenberg Open Science: Iconic socioclasm : idol-breaking and the dawn of a new social order

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dc.contributor.author	Günther, Christoph	-
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-17T08:21:42Z	-
dc.date.available	2021-03-17T08:21:42Z	-
dc.date.issued	2020	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/5699	-
dc.description.abstract	The Islamic State articulates its claim for legitimate authority through texts, audio messages, and still and moving images. In addition, among the practices employed to classify “genuine” Islam and its boundaries, the destruction of cultural properties has received much international attention. The movement has framed these sites as manifestations of idolatry and, consequently, their obliteration as a legitimate means for socioreligious purification. In this article, I argue that the Islamic State’s attacks on these properties are embedded in a comprehensive strategy of spatial, material, ideational, and intellectual purification of the socioreligious landscape. By destroying these sites, the movement targets integral elements of social identities of local and transnational communities and their individual members in order to build a new social framework on their ruins. I suggest understanding these acts as strategic “socioclasm.” Visualizations are part of this strategy and help render the Islamic State an effective force because they support the production of images in the minds of both the movement’s followers and adversaries, hence attesting to the Islamic State’s rise, ideology, and actions.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	290 Andere Religionen	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	290 Other and comparative religions	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	300 Sozialwissenschaften	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	300 Social sciences	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	320 Politik	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	320 Political science	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	355 Militär	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	355 Military science	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	700 Künste	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	700 The arts	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	720 Architektur	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	720 Architecture	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	990 Geschichte der übrigen Welt	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	990 General history of other areas	en_GB
dc.title	Iconic socioclasm : idol-breaking and the dawn of a new social order	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5693	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 07 Geschichts- u. Kulturwissensch.	de
jgu.organisation.number	7930	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	International journal of communication	de
jgu.journal.volume	14	de
jgu.pages.start	1830	de
jgu.pages.end	1848	de
jgu.publisher.year	2020	-
jgu.publisher.name	The Annenberg Center for Communication	de
jgu.publisher.place	Los Angeles, Calif.	de
jgu.publisher.uri	https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/9858	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1932-8036	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	290	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	300	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	320	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	355	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	700	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	720	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	990	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485
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