Living with the AK-47 : militancy and militants in Hezbollah's resistance movement / by Younes Saramifar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saramifar, Younes, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National liberation movements--Lebanon.

National liberation movements.

Hizballah (Lebanon).

Lebanon--Politics and government.

Lebanon.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Understanding resistance movements and armed militias in the Middle East is key in unraveling this complex and sensitive region. This book focuses on the Hezbollah group in Lebanon, combining extensive ethnography with critical insights drawn from a range of disciplines including sociology, psychology and philosophy. Instead of approaching resistance or violence through received macro-formulations, the book concentrates on micro-narratives and spatial dynamics of two critical spaces - namely, Dahiya, a Shia-majority suburb of Beirut and Hezbollah's stronghold, and training camps, where volunteers metamorphose into militants. -- cover

Contents:

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART ONE""; ""PART TWO""; ""PART THREE""; ""APPENDIX ONE""; ""APPENDIX TWO""; ""APPENDIX THREE""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 18, 2015).

OCLC:

909854657