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Ambiguities of Domination
Lisa Wedeen
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Description for Ambiguities of Domination
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Treating rhetoric and symbols as central rather than peripheral to politics, Lisa Wedeen's groundbreaking book offers a compelling counterargument to those who insist that politics is primarily about material interests and the groups advocating for them. During the thirty-year rule of President Hafiz al-Asad's regime, his image was everywhere. In newspapers, on television, and during orchestrated spectacles. Asad was praised as the father, the gallant knight, even the country's premier pharmacist. Yet most Syrians, including those who create the official rhetoric, did not believe its claims. Why would a regime spend scarce resources on ... Read more
Treating rhetoric and symbols as central rather than peripheral to politics, Lisa Wedeen's groundbreaking book offers a compelling counterargument to those who insist that politics is primarily about material interests and the groups advocating for them. During the thirty-year rule of President Hafiz al-Asad's regime, his image was everywhere. In newspapers, on television, and during orchestrated spectacles. Asad was praised as the father, the gallant knight, even the country's premier pharmacist. Yet most Syrians, including those who create the official rhetoric, did not believe its claims. Why would a regime spend scarce resources on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226333373
SKU
V9780226333373
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About Lisa Wedeen
Lisa Wedeen is the Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science and the College and codirector of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Ambiguities of Domination
Wedeen conveys with great force and intimacy the strategies, dilemmas, and paradoxes of authoritarianism in a very particular, very distinctive, cultural context.
Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania
Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania