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Author Knapp, Michael (Historian), author.

Title Revolution in Rojava : democratic autonomy and women's liberation in Syrian Kurdistan / Michael Knapp, Anja Flach and Ercan Ayboğa ; foreword by David Graeber ; afterword by Asya Abdullah ; translated by Janet Biehl.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Pluto Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents Prologue: on the road to Til Koçer -- Background -- Rojava's diverse cultures -- Democratic confederalism -- The liberation -- A women's revolution -- Democratic autonomy in Rojava -- Civil society associations -- Defense: the theory of the Rose -- The new justice system -- The democratization of education -- Health care -- The social economy -- Ecological challenges -- Neighbors -- Prospects -- Afterward: the philosophy of democratic autonomy.
Summary "Surrounded by enemies including ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people in Syria's Rojava region are carving out one of the most radically progressive societies on the planet. Visitors have been astounded by the success of their project, a communally organised democracy which considers women's equality indispensable, has a deep-reaching ecological policies, and rejects reactionary nationalist ideology. This form of organization, labeled democratic confederalism, is both fiercely anti-capitalist and boasts a self-defense capacity which is keeping ISIS from their gates. Drawing on their own firsthand experiences of working and fighting in the region, the authors provide the first detailed account of a revolutionary experiment and a new vision of politics and society in the Middle East and beyond"--Back cover.
Language Originally published in German.
Subject Kurds -- Syria -- Social conditions.
Women -- Political activity -- Syria.
Women -- Syria -- Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Kurds -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00989422
Women -- Political activity. (OCoLC)fst01734136
Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
Syria. (OCoLC)fst01208757
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Knapp, Michael (Historian). Revolution in Rojava. English. Revolution in Rojava. London : Pluto Press, 2016 0745336590 (OCoLC)934884642
ISBN 9781783719877 (electronic bk.)
1783719877 (electronic bk.)
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