Mohamed mahmoud ould dahanukar

2017 book by Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

A Theory of ISIS is a 2017 book by political historian Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou which argues that the Islamic State constituted an original and hybrid form of political violence that merged post-colonialism, post-modernity, and post-globalisation thus impacting domestic, regional, and global politics and security.^[1] It is the first scholarly attempt at conceptualizing and historicizing the Islamic State armed group.^[2] It was published in hardback and paperback in the United Kingdom by Pluto Press in October 2017, and in the United States by the University of Chicago Press in February 2018, in hardback and paperback.

Arguments and themes

Highlighting the importance of periodization and spatialization in writing histories of political violence, the book argues that a layered "conceptual geology of IS" holds the key to its understanding, and is to be found in three different but relate