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1 online resource (x, 188 pages) |
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State crime |
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State crime (Pluto Press)
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| Contents |
1 Historical Overview of Hizbullah -- Theory, data, and methodology -- The historical and sociological conditions of Hizbullah's emergence -- Imagining the ummah from the provinces: the establishment of Hizbullah -- Ten years of violence -- Hizbullah's 'transformation' from armed organisation to social movement -- 2 The 'Grounded' Dimensions of Hizbullah as Islamist Organisation and Social Movement -- Hizbullah, the individual, and daily life -- Social segregation, minimal homogeneities, and the language of violence -- Group belonging, religious ideology, and ethnic identity: different forms of identity within Hizbullah -- Theoretical abstractions and conclusions -- 3 The Construction of Social Memory in the Stories and Novels of Hizbullah -- Social memory, history, and discourse -- Uncle Bekir, Xalet, and others: the culture of devotion and the fedais of Islam -- 'Þehadet (martyrdom) is a call to the generations, to the ages': the cult of martyrdom in the discourse of Hizbullah -- Mürtet, taðut, and the Jew: the representation of Hizbullah's 'others' in stories and novels -- Hizbullah self-perception and self-representation in stories and novels -- Medrese-i Yusufiye: the representation of prison and prison identity |
| Summary |
An academic insider's account of the Islamist social movement Kurdish Hizbullah |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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Hizballah (Lebanon)
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Hizballah (Lebanon) fast |
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Hizbullah gnd |
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Islam and politics -- Turkey
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Kurds -- Turkey
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
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Society and culture: general.
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Social groups.
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Religious groups: social and cultural aspects.
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Islamic studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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Ethnic relations
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Islam and politics
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Kurds
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Terrorismus
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Turkey -- Ethnic relations
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Turkey
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Türkei
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781786800374 |
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1786800373 |
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