Rule of Violence - Subjectivity, Memory and Government in Syria

Provides an original analysis of the routine and spectacular forms of violence deployed by the Asad regime in Syria over the last four decades.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the government of violence; 1. Violence as a modality of government in Syria; 2. Authoritarian government, the shadow state and political subjectivities; 3. Memories of life under dictatorship: the everyday of Ba'thist Syria; 4. Memories of violence: Hama 1982; 5. The performativity of violence and 'emotionalities of rule' in the Syrian Uprising; Conclusion: the rule of violence - formations of civil war; Postscript; References; Index.

About the author

Salwa Ismail is Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her research focuses on everyday forms of government, urban governance and the politics of space. She is the author of both Rethinking Islamist Politics: Culture, the State and Islamism (2003) and Political Life in Cairo's New Quarters: Encountering the Everyday State (2006).

Product details

• Authors: Salwa Ismail, Salwa (University of London) Ismail, Ismail Salwa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781107032187
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03218-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies; Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, Syria, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Political activism, Islamic Studies, Political corruption, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Violence in society, Human rights, civil rights, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Violence and abuse in society, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Corruption in politics, government and society, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Political activism / Political engagement