{"product_id":"9781526147622","title":"Romanticizing masculinity in Baathist Syria","description":"Author: Rahaf Aldoughli\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526147622\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Nov 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 216 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book provides a novel analysis of the conceptual sources and ideological contours of the Assad regime. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book documents the Baathists' fascination with Romanticised and \u0026amp;#x27;muscular\u0026amp;#x27; ideas of the nation that emerged in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European social philosophy, and traces the implementation and impacts of these ideologies in the Syrian context. Emphasising the emergence of new forms of public gendered identity in Syria as a unifying feature of nationalism bound closely with the stability of the regime, the book shows how Romantic, muscular nationalism first rose to hegemony and then was shattered by its inherent violence, contradictions and inequalities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final chapter closes by considering how a new vision of pluralism and civic belonging is today challenging the Romanticised Baathist ideal in contention for Syria's future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920503554206,"sku":"ING-9781526147622","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526147622.jpg?v=1782822349","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526147622","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}