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Ambiguities of Domination - Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria

Name: Ambiguities of Domination - Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria
Author: Lisa Wedeen

Auteur: Lisa Wedeen

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Lisa Wedeen

Engels
Paperback
9780226333373
09 september 2015
272 pagina's

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Treating rhetoric and symbols as central rather than peripheral to politics, Lisa Wedeen's groundbreaking book offers a compelling counterargument to those who insist that politics is primarily about material interests and the groups advocating for them. During the thirty-year rule of President Hafiz al-Asad's regime, his image was everywhere. In newspapers, on television, and during orchestrated spectacles. Asad was praised as the "father," the "gallant knight," even the country's "premier pharmacist." Yet most Syrians, including those who create the official rhetoric, did not believe its claims. Why would a regime spend scarce resources on a personality cult whose content is patently spurious? Wedeen shows how such flagrantly fictitious claims were able to produce a politics of public dissimulation in which citizens acted as if they revered the leader. By inundating daily life with tired symbolism, the regime exercised a subtle, yet effective form of power. The cult worked to enforce obedience, induce complicity, isolate Syrians from one another, and set guidelines for public speech and behavior. Wedeen's ethnographic research demonstrates how Syrians recognized the disciplinary aspects of the cult and sought to undermine them. In a new preface, Wedeen discusses the uprising against the Syrian regime that began in 2011 and questions the usefulness of the concept of legitimacy in trying to analyze and understand authoritarian regimes.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 09 september 2015
Aantal pagina's: 272
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Lisa Wedeen
Hoofduitgeverij: University Of Chicago Press

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Editie: 2nd First Edition, Enlarged ed.
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 140 mm
Product hoogte: 20 mm
Product lengte: 213 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 130 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm
Verpakking lengte: 214 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 509 g

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EAN: 9780226333373

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

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Politiek

Cultuur

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Politieke controle & Vrijheid

Politieke wetenschap & Theorie

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Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Land: Syrie

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