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Rising Among Ruins, Dancing Amid Bullets
This book is a photographic project the author has been working on since 2012 in Iraqi and Syrian Kurdistan, to bear witness to the consequences of war.
Jihadism in Europe
"European jihadism is a multi-faceted social phenomenon. It is not only linked to the extremist behaviour of a limited group, but also to a broader crisis, including the lack of utopia and loss of meaning among the middle classes, and the humiliation and denial of citizenship among disaffiliated young people in poor districts all over Western Europe. Fundamentally, it is grounded IN AN UNBRIDLED AND MODERN IMAGINATION, IN AN UNEASY RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC REALITY. THAT IMAGINATION IS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK AMONG YOUNG WOMEN AND THEIR LONGING FOR ANOTHER FAMILY MODEL, ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR DESIRE TO BECOME ADULTS AND TO OVERCOME THE FAMILY CRISIS, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL P...
Proxy Warfare on the Cheap
This book examines how the USA decided, reluctantly at first, to use the Syrian Kurds as a cheap proxy warrior against ISIS and how this partnership evolved, in the end, into a not-so-cheap investment owing to its unforeseen geopolitical implications.
A Modern History of the Kurds
David McDowall's ground-breaking history of the Kurds from the 19th century to the present day documents the underlying dynamics of the Kurdish question. The division of the Kurdish people among the modern nation states of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran and their struggle for national rights continues to influence the politics of the Middle East. Drawing extensively on primary sources - including documents from The National Archive and interviews with prominent Kurds - the book examines the interplay of old and new aspects of the struggle, the importance of local rivalries and leadership within Kurdish society, and the failure of modern states to respond to the challenge of Kurdish nationalism...
A Political Sociology of Twenty-First Century Revolutions and Resistances
This book examines the possibilities – and realities – of positive, humanist change and revolution that have burst forth in the first decades of this century. Kevin B. Anderson critically examines the revolutions, uprisings, social movements, and forms of national resistance that have arisen across the Middle East and North Africa, Sudan, South Africa, Ukraine, and France in the past 15 years, providing a salient snapshot of geopolitical and social events in a way that is both timely and in-the-moment. The book represents an effort to analyze world events, especially revolutions and radical movements, in a dialectical manner, combining contemporary analysis of the class, gender, and ethnic dimensions of these upheavals with theoretical and historical reflection that engages Hegel, Marx, Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, CLR James, Raya Dunayevskaya, and other thinkers in the Marxian tradition. A Political Sociology of Twenty-First Century Revolutions and Resistances is an important resource for researchers and current affairs opinion leaders, as well as a key text for courses in social change, political sociology, social movements, and contemporary social theory.
storie che non fanno la Storia
Esistono vite straordinariamente ordinarie che non lasciano traccia nei libri di storia. Queste stesse vite, se le osserviamo più da vicino e con più attenzione, possono rivelarci verità di cui non troviamo traccia nella Storia ufficiale. Ma come possiamo raccontarle senza retoriche e falsificazioni? Come rispettarle e, al tempo stesso, evitare silenzi e amnesie? Si può umanizzare la storia e renderla orizzontale? A scuola tutti quanti abbiamo studiato la storia e ci siamo fatti l'idea di una disciplina fondata sulla memoria, la memoria di date, di nomi e di battaglie. Poi a casa ciascuno di noi si è sentito raccontare la storia della propria famiglia, dei nonni e dei bisnonni e di come...
Iran's Qods Force
The end of the Cold War ushered in a challenging new era for U.S. defense planners. The certainties of planning for conventional war or, in extremis, nuclear war gave way to a new form of unconventional warfare waged by American adversaries like Al Qaeda, Somali warlords, and Iran. Iran's Qods Force examines how one nation state, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has exploited the advantages of unconventional warfare to expand its influence in the Middle East while, at the same time, limiting the impact of U.S. power in the region. At the forefront of its efforts is the Qods Force, the elite clandestine wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Owen Sirrs analyzes how Iran uses unconv...
Le Réveil stratégique
À la fin du XXe siècle, nous pensions en avoir terminé avec la guerre. Non seulement elle est toujours là mais, de l’Ukraine au Moyen-Orient en passant par la péninsule coréenne et le détroit de Taïwan, le risque de guerre majeure – potentiellement nucléaire – n’a jamais été aussi grand. Ingérences, subversions, cyberattaques, terrorisme : prenant des formes de plus en plus variables, souvent ambiguës, la guerre est devenue permanente. Elle est présente partout, tout le temps et peut frapper tout le monde. L’information, le droit, l’énergie, la santé, les réfugiés, comptent parmi ses nouveaux leviers. C’est la fin de la naïveté et des illusions. De ce consta...
La Guerre civile irakienne
Kirkouk, dans le nord de l’Irak, est l’une des provinces les plus touchées par la violence politique. Les conflits s’y superposent depuis plusieurs décennies : mobilisations sociales, guerre entre partis kurdes et État central, lutte d’influence entre les puissances régionales, insurrection arabe sunnite et montée en puissance des milices chiites. Kirkouk constitue donc un point d’observation privilégié des dynamiques politiques qui travaillent la société irakienne. En particulier, les partis – ethno-nationalistes ou religieux – sont à la fois producteurs de violence et intermédiaires obligés entre la population et les institutions étatiques, qui restent l’enjeu ...
Türkiye, Ortadoğu ve Mezhep Savaşı
Toplum bilimleri, tarih ve felsefe alanlarında ufuk açan çalışmalarıyla tanıdığımız Taner Timur, güncel siyasete bakan yazılarında da, eleştirel bakışı ve birikiminin yeni ürünlerini okurlarla paylaşmaya devam ediyor. “Tarihçilik aslında, sanıldığının aksine, bakışın dünden bugüne değil, bugünden düne çevrilerek yapıldığı bir gerçek ara yışıdır,” diyen ve “Her tarihçinin biraz gazeteci, her gazetecinin biraz tarihçi olması gerektiği”ni hatırlatan Taner Timur, 2015 yılı boyunca yakaladığı gerçekleri Türkiye, Ortadoğu ve Mezhep Savaşı ekseninde anlatıyor. Bölgemizdeki ve ülkemizdeki çatışmaları, “ilerlemeci”ler ve “muhafazakâr”lar arasındaki kavgaları, dinler ve mezhepler arası şiddet sarmalını tarihî arka planıyla birlikte anlamak, yaşadığımız siyasal ve toplumsal krizleri tarihsel bir bağlam içerisine yerleştirerek tartışmak için eşsiz bir kaynak… Sahne olduğu bir dizi önemli gelişme itibarıyla ileride de sık sık hatırlayacağımız 2015 yılının bir panaroması...
