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Title: Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria by Lisa Wedeen ISBN: 0-226-87788-4 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant
Comment: One of the best studies I have ever read on the nature of power and domination. Wedeen asks the simple question of how Asad is able to keep power in Syria when all of the people know that all of the state propaganda is false. Her elegant answer gets right to the heart of what makes a ruler powerful. Asad rules not through totalitarianism, but through authoritarianism. What's the difference? A ruler who controls everything that the people think (like in North Korea) is not really dominating them, they just don't know any better. But a ruler like Asad rules because the people fear him and become unable to dissent as a result of Foucault-ian discursive practices.
This book will facinate anyone interested in the modern Middle East or the nature of power.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ground-breaking!
Comment: A ground-breaking exploration of the subtle ways power operates to structure everyday life. Rich in ethnographic detail and eloquently written. Definitely worth _much_ more than $17. A worthy read, not just for people interested in contemporary Middle Eastern politics, but for those interested in issues of power, discipline and resistance. Ms. Wedeen is a rising star in the field of Political Science. Bravo!!
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Title: Colonial Effects by Joseph A. Massad ISBN: 023112323X Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.50 |
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Title: Syria: Revolution From Above (Contemporary Middle East) by Raymond Hinnebusch ISBN: 0415285682 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Syria : Neither Bread nor Freedom by Alan George ISBN: 1842772139 Publisher: Zed Books Pub. Date: 06 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Hafiz Al-Asad of Syria : by Charles Patterson ISBN: 0595004121 Publisher: Backinprint.com Pub. Date: 26 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Talal Asad ISBN: 0804747687 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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