The impossible revolution : making sense of the Syrian tragedy / Yassin al-Haj Saleh ; forword by Robin Yassin-Kassab.

• Revolution of the common people -- The Shabiha and their state -- The danger of a 'state of nature' -- Arms and the revolution -- The roots of Syrian fascism -- The rise of militant nihilism -- 'Assad or no one' -- An image, two flags, and a banner -- The destiny of the Syrian Revolution -- The neo-sultanic state.

• "This first book in English by Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, the intellectual voice of the Syrian revolution, describes with precision and fervor the events that led to the Syrian uprising of 2011--the metamorphosis of the popular revolution into a regional war and the "three monsters" Saleh sees "treading on Syria's corpse": the Assad regime and its allies, ISIS and other jihadists, and the West. Where conventional wisdom has it that Assad's army is now battling against religious fanatics for control of the country, Saleh argues that the emancipatory, democratic mass movement that ignited the revolution still exists, though it is beset on all sides. Saleh offers incisive critiques of the impact of the revolution and war on Syrian governance, identity, and society to produce a powerful and compelling response to the traumas that define the contemporary Syrian experience. All those concerned with the conflict should take note."--Amazon.com. 

Ämnesord

Syriska inbördeskriget 2011-  (sao)

Politiskt våld  (sao)

Politiska förhållanden  (sao)

Proteströrelser  (sao)

Political violence  -- Syria -- History -- 21st century. (LCSH)

Protest movements  -- Syria -- History -- 21st century. (LCSH)

Politics and government.  (fast)

Protest movements  (LCSH)

Political violence  (LCSH)

Syria  -- History -- Civil War, 2011- (LCSH)

Syria.  (fast)

Syrien 

Genre

History.  (fast)

Klassifikation

DS98.6 (LCC)

DS98.6 (LCC)

956.910423 (DDC)

Koaea (kssb/8 (machine generated))