RT Book
T1 Syria from reform to revolt / Volume 2. Culture, society, and religion
T2 Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
A1 Weiss, Max 1977-
A1 Della Ratta, Donatella
A1 Silverstein, Shayna
A1 Ruiz de Elvira, Laura
A1 Bandak, Andreas
A1 Pierret, Thomas
A2 Salamandra, Christa 1964-
A2 Stenberg, Leif
A2 Weiss, Max 1977-
A2 Della Ratta, Donatella
A2 Silverstein, Shayna
A2 Ruiz de Elvira, Laura
A2 Bandak, Andreas
A2 Pierret, Thomas
LA English
PP Syracuse
PB Syracuse University Press
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1026200024
AB As Syria's anti-authoritarian uprising and subsequent civil war have left the country in ruins, the need for understanding the nation's complex political and cultural realities remains urgent. The second of a two-volume series, Syria from Reform to Revolt: Culture, Society, and Religion draws together closely observed, critical and historicized analyses, giving vital insights into Syrian society today. With a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, contributors reveal how Bashar al-Asad's pivotal first decade of rule engendered changes in power relations and public discourse--dynamics that would feed the 2011 protest movement and civil war. Essays focus on key arenas of Syrian social life, including television drama, political fiction, Islamic foundations, and Christian choirs and charities, demonstrating the ways in which Syrians worked with and through the state in attempts to reform, undermine, or sidestep the regime. The contributors explore the paradoxical cultural politics of hope, anticipation, and betrayal that have animated life in Syria under Asad, revealing the fractures that obstruct peaceful transformation. Syria from Reform to Revolt provides a powerful assessment of the conditions that turned Syria's hopeful Arab spring revolution into a catastrophic civil war that has cost over 200,000 lives and generated the worst humanitarian crisis of the twenty-first century
OP 250
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index. - Print version record
CN DS98.6
SN 978-0-8156-5351-6
SN 0-8156-5351-4
K1 HISTORY ; Middle East ; General
K1 Politics and government
K1 Social Conditions
K1 Syria : Politics and government : 2000-
K1 Syria : Social conditions : Syria
K1 Syria : Social conditions
K1 Syria
K1 Electronic books