02975nam 2200553 450 991013671260332120230126214804.01-78371-988-51-78371-987-7(CKB)3710000000903845(MiAaPQ)EBC4717138(EXLCZ)99371000000090384520170620h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRevolution in Rojava democratic autonomy and women's liberation in Syrian Kurdistan /Michael Knapp, Anja Flach, and Ercan Ayboğa ; foreword by David Graeber ; afterword by Asya Abdullah ; translated by Janet BiehlLondon, [England] :Pluto Press,2016.©20161 online resource (321 pages) illustrationsIncludes index.0-7453-3659-0 0-7453-3664-7 Prologue: on the road to Til Koçer -- Background -- Rojava's diverse cultures -- Democratic confederalism -- The liberation -- A women's revolution -- Democratic autonomy in Rojava -- Civil society associations -- Defense: the theory of the Rose -- The new justice system -- The democratization of education -- Health care -- The social economy -- Ecological challenges -- Neighbors -- Prospects -- Afterward: the philosophy of democratic autonomy."Surrounded by enemies including ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people in Syria's Rojava region are carving out one of the most radically progressive societies on the planet. Visitors have been astounded by the success of their project, a communally organised democracy which considers women's equality indispensable, has a deep-reaching ecological policies, and rejects reactionary nationalist ideology. This form of organization, labeled democratic confederalism, is both fiercely anti-capitalist and boasts a self-defense capacity which is keeping ISIS from their gates. Drawing on their own firsthand experiences of working and fighting in the region, the authors provide the first detailed account of a revolutionary experiment and a new vision of politics and society in the Middle East and beyond"--Back cover.KurdsSyriaSocial conditionsKurdistanHistorySyriaHistoryCivil War, 2011-SyrieHistoire2011- (Guerre civile)Middle EastKurdistanfastSyriafastHistory.fastKurdsSocial conditions.320.158095691Knapp Michael1064287Flach AnjaAyboga ErcanGraeber DavidAbdullah AsyaBiehl Janet1953-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910136712603321Revolution in Rojava2909324UNINA