| Description |
1 online resource (x, 188 pages). |
| Series |
State crime
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
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Hizballah (Lebanon)
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Hizballah (Lebanon) (OCoLC)fst00648264
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(DE-601)376999578 (DE-588)4843371-8 Hizbullah.
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Islam and politics -- Turkey.
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Kurds -- Turkey.
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Turkey -- Ethnic relations.
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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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Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
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Islam and politics. (OCoLC)fst00979879
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Kurds. (OCoLC)fst00989403
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Turkey. (OCoLC)fst01208963
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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(DE-601)106143212 (DE-588)4059534-1 Terrorismus.
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Turkey.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0745399347 9780745399348 (OCoLC)951032257 |
| ISBN |
9781786800374 (electronic bk.) |
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1786800373 (electronic bk.) |
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0745399347 |
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9780745399348 |
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