Revolutions Aesthetic: A Cultural History of Ba'thist Syria - Paperback
by Max Weiss
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Availability:In StockContributor:Max WeissSeries:Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies andPublish date:2022-06-28Pages:456
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503631953ISBN-10:1503631958UPC:9781503631953Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Middle East, Middle Eastern, ModernBook Topic:21st CenturySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC8SKKJYZ6
Revolutions Aesthetic: A Cultural History of Ba'thist Syria
The November 1970 coup that brought Hafiz al-Asad to power fundamentally transformed cultural production in Syria. A comprehensive intellectual, ideological, and political project--a Ba'thist cultural revolution--sought to align artistic endeavors with the ideological interests of the regime. The ensuing agonistic struggle pitted official aesthetics of power against alternative modes of creative...
Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503631953ISBN-10:1503631958UPC:9781503631953Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Middle East, Middle Eastern, ModernBook Topic:21st CenturySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC8SKKJYZ6
Max Weiss is Associate Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He is the author of In the Shadow of Sectarianism: Law, Shi'ism and the Making of Modern Lebanon (2010).
Publisher: Stanford University Press
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