02351cam a2200325 i 4500 EG-ScBUE 20240527094341.0 180316t2018 enk f b 001 0 eng d 9781107698604 DLC eng rda DLC DLC EG-ScBUE a-sy--- 956.910422 ISM 22 Ismail, Salwa, author. The rule of violence : subjectivity, memory and government in Syria / Salwa Ismail, University of London. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018. xiii, 225 pages ; 24 cm. rdacontent text txt unmediated rdamedia n volume nc rdacarrier Cambridge Middle East studies Includes bibliographical references and index. "Over much of its rule, the Syrian regime of Hafez al-Asad and his successor, Bashar al-Asad, used violence on a massive scale, deploying disproportionate physical and destructive force to silence its critics and opponents. Indeed, the regime, as constituted under the al-Asads, has as its nucleus not only the figures occupying the top rung of political office, but also the apparatuses of violence, in particular the security services and elite military units. This security regime (al-nidham al-amni) has consistently acted in ways that convey the message that violence is the primary and organising modality of action in dealing with domestic opposition. The extent and scope of killing and destruction mounted by the security and military forces over approximately 40 years of al-Asad regime rule has made manifest a politics of extermination and annihilation as integral to the form of rule in Syria. Rather than betraying an irrational approach to government, this violence is governmental, not in the sense of being merely repressive, but as productive and performative--as shaping regime-citizen relations and forming political subjectivities"-- Political violence Syria History 20th century. BUEsh Political violence Syria History 21st century. BUEsh Syria Politics and government 1971-2000. BUEsh 32261 Syria Politics and government 2000- BUEsh 32262 BUSBOL March2019 Reading book ddc BB 27268 27239 0 0 ddc 0 0 Alahram MAIN MAIN 2ND 2019-03-20 Purchase 495.00 526 1 2 956.910422 ISM 000043268 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2024-12-01 618.75 BB