Abstract:

Hegemonic masculinities are on the top of gender hierarchies in the world. They create symbolic ideals for other masculinities. One of the types of global hegemonic masculinities is armed masculinities. Jihadist Masculinities, which arise as types of protest to the ideals of hegemonic Western masculinities within the non-West, are now seen as types of global hegemonic masculinities. The article will explain the changing process of the Salafist-Jihadist-Islamist Masculinities with the ISIS example. Firstly, how radical Islamist terrorist organizations attract Muslim people will be explained from critical masculinities perspective. Then, the political and historical analysis will be conducted to answer how ISIS toppled down the hegemony of Al-Qaeda. Thirdly, to understand what ISIS changed in the jihadist-Islamist masculinities and how these changes are successful and effective to make global armed masculinities much more virile and violent than Al-Qaeda period, the construction of the engendered local, regional, and global relations within the narratives of ISIS will be re-evaluated with the lens of critical masculinities studies.

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