Osama Bin Laden and His Jihadist Global Hegemonic Masculinity

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2-2018

Publication Title

Gender & Society

Keywords

Osama bin Laden, jihadist masculinity, jihadist global hegemonic masculinity, masculinity challenges, discursive practices, gender

Abstract

This article examines for the first time the jihadist global hegemonic masculinity of Osama bin Laden. Based on Bin Laden’s public statements translated into English, the authors examine how in the process of constructing a rationale for violent attacks primarily against the United States, he simultaneously and discursively formulates a jihadist global hegemonic masculinity. The research adds to the growing interest in discursive global hegemonic masculinities, as well as jihadist masculinities in the Middle East, by scrutinizing how Bin Laden’s jihadist global hegemonic masculinity is produced in and through his public statements. The authors close their discussion by demonstrating how Bin Laden’s discursive practices are embedded in a clash of competing global hegemonic masculinities on the world stage.

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