Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria
ISBN-13:
9780226877877
ISBN-10:
0226877876
Edition:
1
Author:
Lisa Wedeen
Publication date:
1999
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Format:
Hardcover
251 pages
Category:
Criticism
,
Arts History & Criticism
,
Rhetoric
,
Words, Language & Grammar
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
,
Political Science
,
Politics & Government
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ISBN-13:
9780226877877
ISBN-10:
0226877876
Edition:
1
Author:
Lisa Wedeen
Publication date:
1999
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Format:
Hardcover
251 pages
Category:
Criticism
,
Arts History & Criticism
,
Rhetoric
,
Words, Language & Grammar
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
,
Political Science
,
Politics & Government
Summary
Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria (ISBN-13: 9780226877877 and ISBN-10: 0226877876), written by authors
Lisa Wedeen, was published by University of Chicago Press in 1999.
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Description
In Syria, the image of President Hafiz al-Asad is everywhere. In newspapers, on television, and during orchestrated spectacles Asad is praised as the "father," the "gallant knight," even the country's "premier pharmacist." Yet most Syrians, including those who create the official rhetoric, do not believe its claims. Why would a regime spend scarce resources on a cult whose content is patently spurious?Wedeen concludes that Asad's cult acts as a disciplinary device, generating a politics of public dissimulation in which citizens act as if they revered their leader. By inundating daily life with tired symbolism, the regime exercises a subtle, yet effective form of power. The cult works to enforce obedience, induce complicity, isolate Syrians from one another, and set guidelines for public speech and behavior. Wedeen's ethnographic research demonstrates how Syrians recognize the disciplinary aspects of the cult and seek to undermine them. Provocative and original, Ambiguities of Domination is a significant contribution to comparative politics, political theory, and cultural studies.
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