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The Political Aesthetics of ISIS and Italian Futurism by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Political Aesthetics of ISIS and Italian Futurism about?
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. The Islamic State does not only excel through the extensive use of high-tech weapons, social media, commercial bot, and automated text systems. By putting forward the presence of speeding cars and t
Who reads The Political Aesthetics of ISIS and Italian Futurism?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
- Publisher
- Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781498564366
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Political Science, Reference, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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