The Middle East: Postmodernism Is Over

... organization spends much more money on “advertising” violence through shooting picture plots, disseminating information via the Internet, etc., than on the violence itself. However, DAISH has not just developed, but also has overcome the postmodernism inherent to Al-Qaeda. The activities of DAISH aimed at establishing a new state apparently indicate a return to the grand narratives of the modernist era, or, in other words, the desire to offer the world an alternative global socio-political project. DAISH with all its avatars really broadens ...