Ideological movements can mobilize global volunteers and territory far beyond material resources
Evidence
A political entity preaching and practicing wildly different ideas from other nations and mass movements and that held no appreciable territory only two years ago now boasts the largest extraterritorial volunteer fighting force since World War II, with enlistees from some 100 nations. The Islamic State controls hundreds of thousands of square kilometers and millions of people and has successfully defended a 3,000-km military front against a multinational coalition of armies in ways reminiscent of the French Revolution. — Scott Atran, The Devoted Actor, 80
Categorization
- XREF: Feeds the reader’s question about whether group solidarity is sustained by an external enemy rather than primordial identity — IS’s 100-nation recruiting shows a constructed ideological enemy generating transnational cohesion. — connects to: Global structures enabled ideological community for marginalized intellectual movements — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 147; Movements differ from parties by making ideology an organizing principle — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 629; Capitalism’s non-political nature enabled its global penetration beyond state reach — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 174 (+4 more)
Related
- Jihadi solidarity forms a global peer-to-peer niche replacing older territorial traditions. (similarity 0.79)
- Movements differ from parties by making ideology an organizing principle (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Member participation emerges from ideology and culture, not structure alone
#expands(0.85) — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 83 - Global structures enabled ideological community for marginalized intellectual movements
#corroborates(0.80) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 147 - Anti-Muslim mobilizations form a transnational movement with distinct ideology and policy reach.
#exemplifies(0.80) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 545 - Civilization wars mobilize outside aid along religious rather than ideological lines
#qualifies(0.78) - Movements differ from parties by making ideology an organizing principle
#expands(0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 629 - Modes of determination allow ideological superstructures more than a residual role
#corroborates(0.75) - Capitalism’s non-political nature enabled its global penetration beyond state reach
#corroborates(0.72) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 174