아야드 악타르의 『보이지 않는 손』에 나타난 사회경제적 테러리즘

The Socioeconomic Terrorism in Ayad Akhtar’s The Invisible Hand

Muslim American playwright Ayad Akhtar dramatizes Islam in different ways for each work and creates new narratives about Islam. Akhtar sheds light on the way American myths that are related to money encounter Islam in The Invisible Hand. He tries to demolish ideological frameworks between western and non-western culture in relation to the network war between Capitalism and Islamic fundamentalism. Overflowing with fetishism and speculation funds, the Islamic world faces an identity crisis. After all, the Muslim characters in the novel experience the deceptive attractiveness of Capitalism you need to be consistent with your capitalization. In regards to Islamic fundamentalist, Imam Saleem insists that “money is the opiate of the people, not religion”; and realizes that “money is what puts people to sleep when it comes to the moral dimension of life.” The socioeconomic terror is facilitated by close collaboration and conflict between financial capitalist Nick and Islamic warrior Bashir, and is represented in the form of the network war in an underground bunker. After recognizing how socioeconomic terrorism works, Islamic fundamentalist Bashir metamorphoses into a Jihadist who dreams of revolution beyond capitalism and fundamentalism.