Mohsen Shafiei Saifabadi; Mehdi Mohammadi aziz abadi
Volume 3, Issue 10 , December 2019, , Pages 125-155
Abstract
The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of globalization discourse on the dominant discourses in the Islamic world and how the emergence of Jihadist Salafi ...
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The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of globalization discourse on the dominant discourses in the Islamic world and how the emergence of Jihadist Salafi political Islam in the light of the waves of globalization. The hypothesis under consideration is that: "Globalization, by challenging the official identity of states while paving the way for the emergence of Salafi Jihad political discourse, constitutes a fundamental challenge to the continuation of traditional power relations." The results obtained through the discourse analysis method and using the theories of Ernesto Lacla and Chantal Mouf show that globalization in some Islamic countries challenges the necessity of identity discovery and the thirst for meaning-seeking by challenging the dominant and single-discourse discourses. Has done. Salafism is one of the answers to this need. By choosing meaning and monopolizing it, they devote their energies to applying selected meanings and attributes. Meaning is restored by Salafist groups, relying on collective concepts such as Shari'ah, leadership, jihad, altruism, maximally religious and community interpretations. This has greatly affected the future of power relations in some Islamic countries