1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996552350303316

Autore

Mabon Simon

Titolo

Houses built on sand : violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East / / Simon Mabon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2020

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

9781526126474

1526126478

9781526126481

9781526126467

152612646X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 254 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Identities and geopolitics in the Middle East

Disciplina

303.48330956

Soggetti

Political violence - Middle East

Arab spring, 2010-

Power (Social sciences) - Middle East

Middle East Politics and government 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The politics of sovereignty and space -- 2. Letters and declarations -- 3. Ink on paper -- 4. The dawla and the umma -- 5. Building Beirut, transforming Jerusalem and breaking Basra -- 6. The people want the fall of the regime -- 7. The regime fights back -- 8. Houses built on sand -- Conclusion: the end of the dream -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The events of the Arab Uprisings posed an existential challenge to sovereign power across the Middle East. Whilst some regimes were able to withstand these challenges through recourse to coercive strategies, others were toppled. This book questions why some regimes fell whilst others were able to survive. It argues that this was a direct consequence of state building processes and the cultivation of particular relationships between rulers and ruled. One of the



consequences of such efforts is the transformation of regional politics along increasingly 'sectarianized' lines to devastating effect. This book offers a timely and unique approach to linking the events of the Arab Uprisings and on-going conflict across the region through exploring the marginalization and manipulation of identities across the Middle East.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974834403321

Autore

May Todd <1955->

Titolo

Contemporary political movements and the thought of Jacques Ranciere : equality in action / / Todd May

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010

ISBN

9786612620416

9780748671724

0748671722

9781282620414

128262041X

9780748641659

0748641653

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Classificazione

CI 5400

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Democracy - Philosophy

Political science - Philosophy

Equality - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Preface; 1 Thinking Politics with Jacques Rancière; 2 Equality among the Refugees: Montréal's Sans-Statuts Algerian Movement; 3 Subjectification in the First Palestinian Intifada; 4 The Zapatistas: From Identity to Equality; 5 Institutions of Equality; 6 Democratic Politics Now; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Todd May shows how democratic progressive politics can happen and how it is happening in very different arenas. He takes an



intensive look at a range of contemporary political movements and shows how, to one degree or another, they exemplify the political thought of Jacques Rancière. May's easy, clear writing style means that no philosophical background is required.Following an essential overview of Rancière's thought he considers the following groups: the Algerian refugee movement in Montreal for citizenship, the first Palestinian intifada, the politics of equality and identity