Political Aesthetics of ISIS and Italian Futurism

Political Aesthetics of ISIS and Italian Futurism

Political Aesthetics of Isis and Italian Futurism

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2018
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Estudios de género, grupos de género
ISBN:
9781498564366

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Through empirical analysis and theoretical reflection, this book shows that the aesthetics and politics of the Islamic State is “futurist.” ISIS overcomes postmodern pessimism and joins the modern, techno-oriented, and optimistic attitude propagated by Italian Futurism in the early twentieth century.

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