Analysis of ISIS from the Perspective of Global Studies as a New Social Science Research Approach
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https://doi.org/10.12775/HiP.2022.007Keywords
security, Global Studies, critical and postcolonial cognitive perspective, ISIS, Social ScienceAbstract
The scientific article fits into the context of research on security within the social sciences with the use of critical research concepts, developing in opposition to positivist paradigms such as realism or liberalism after the end of the Cold War. In addition, in the article the author puts emphasis on methodological aspect, using a new approach – Global Studies – to the analysis of the effects of the expansion of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in the Middle East and its influence in the framework of new international terrorism.
On the subject of research, the aim is to present the process of formation of Global Studies as a new academic research approach in social sciences. The application possibilities of the discussed approach will also be shown and an attempt will be made to analyze ISIS and the perception of this terrorist threat from a historical perspective, which is of scientific value in both Polish and world literature. Research methods such as comparative method and qualitative analysis will also be used as part of the study. The main question is to what extent Global Studies differs from other trends in the context of analyzing security problems and provides a useful framework for the analysis.
The article presents the possibility of adapting the assumptions of Global Studies as a critical and postcolonial cognitive perspective to the analysis of the tragic fate of the Yazidis under the occupation of ISIS and the role of the media in the Internet space, used for propaganda and recruitment campaigns on an unprecedented scale, as a long-term effect of the Arab Spring.
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