The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern Mesopotamia
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Resumo: | The Middle East is in chaos. Having been described as monstrous, the Islamic State (ISIL) has been defeated only to come back as a chronic guerrilla style insurgency and the shadow of further conflicts that are still looming in the region. The following article takes up this situation through the concept of the biopolitical monster as the common body of resistance and struggle, exploring the liberatory aspects of this concept in terms of organization and political autonomy, and argues that ISIL has more in common with the State-form than with the monstrous. Discussing the colonial and neo-colonial aspects of the situation, the case of Kurdish Northern Syria will be presented in contrast to the ISIL. It continues to argue for a social monstrous flesh as the performative body of contemporary protest movements, tracing back the rhizomatic etymologies of monster to Aristotle and early Islamic philosophers, drawing inspirations mainly from the tradition of immanent thought and its contemporary thinkers such as Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari, and Negri. |
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The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern MesopotamiaBiopoliticsMonsterPolitical AutonomyIslamic StateColonialismThe Middle East is in chaos. Having been described as monstrous, the Islamic State (ISIL) has been defeated only to come back as a chronic guerrilla style insurgency and the shadow of further conflicts that are still looming in the region. The following article takes up this situation through the concept of the biopolitical monster as the common body of resistance and struggle, exploring the liberatory aspects of this concept in terms of organization and political autonomy, and argues that ISIL has more in common with the State-form than with the monstrous. Discussing the colonial and neo-colonial aspects of the situation, the case of Kurdish Northern Syria will be presented in contrast to the ISIL. It continues to argue for a social monstrous flesh as the performative body of contemporary protest movements, tracing back the rhizomatic etymologies of monster to Aristotle and early Islamic philosophers, drawing inspirations mainly from the tradition of immanent thought and its contemporary thinkers such as Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari, and Negri.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul2022-09-27info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/85311Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2019): Apr./Jun. 2019; 1- 22Révue Brésilienne d'Études de la Présence; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2019): Abr./Jun. 2019; 1- 22Révue Brésilienne d'Études de la Présence; Vol. 9 No 2 (2019): Avr./Jun. 2019; 1- 22Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença; v. 9 n. 2 (2019): Abr./Jun. 2019; 1- 222237-2660reponame:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presençainstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSenghttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/85311/52101Copyright (c) 2019 Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presençainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGanji, Iman2022-09-27T16:35:03Zoai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/85311Revistahttp://seer.ufrgs.br/presencaPUBhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/presenca/oai||rev.presenca@gmail.com2237-26602237-2660opendoar:2022-09-27T16:35:03Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false |
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The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern Mesopotamia |
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The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern Mesopotamia |
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The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern Mesopotamia Ganji, Iman Biopolitics Monster Political Autonomy Islamic State Colonialism |
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The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern Mesopotamia |
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The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern Mesopotamia |
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The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern Mesopotamia |
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The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern Mesopotamia |
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The Monstrous Flesh: collective bodies and the State-Form in Modern Mesopotamia |
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Ganji, Iman |
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Ganji, Iman |
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Ganji, Iman |
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Biopolitics Monster Political Autonomy Islamic State Colonialism |
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Biopolitics Monster Political Autonomy Islamic State Colonialism |
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The Middle East is in chaos. Having been described as monstrous, the Islamic State (ISIL) has been defeated only to come back as a chronic guerrilla style insurgency and the shadow of further conflicts that are still looming in the region. The following article takes up this situation through the concept of the biopolitical monster as the common body of resistance and struggle, exploring the liberatory aspects of this concept in terms of organization and political autonomy, and argues that ISIL has more in common with the State-form than with the monstrous. Discussing the colonial and neo-colonial aspects of the situation, the case of Kurdish Northern Syria will be presented in contrast to the ISIL. It continues to argue for a social monstrous flesh as the performative body of contemporary protest movements, tracing back the rhizomatic etymologies of monster to Aristotle and early Islamic philosophers, drawing inspirations mainly from the tradition of immanent thought and its contemporary thinkers such as Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari, and Negri. |
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2022 |
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2022-09-27 |
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul |
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul |
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