Why there’s no such thing as Islamic State (What's in a name) - Guardian

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1. Hmmm... The author almost had it.

Orwell believed the same: if there’s no name for it, you can’t really think about it. Conversely, a name can be created for something that doesn’t really exist. (bold mine)

On the right track...

Islamic State, a title that recasts the idea of the caliphate – a pre-modern community of believers – for westerners used to a 19th-century model of nationhood. The shift is important because it suggests something substantial, a country with borders, laws and institutions.

...and then way off track. The author seems to believe that there are legitimate states, but there are no states. There is only behavior. People doing shit and believing shit and calling some of that shit homeopathic medicine, er...I mean states. It's just a bunch of woo. IS is no more and no less legitimate than any other state.