Ambiguities of Domination
Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria
With a New Preface by the Author
272 pages
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9 halftones, 19 line drawings
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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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© 1999, 2015
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Preface, 2015
Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
1. Believing in Spectacles
2. Killing Politics: Official Rhetoric and Permissable Speech
3. Acting “As If”: The Story of M
4. Signs of Transgression
5. Complicating Compliance
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
1. Believing in Spectacles
2. Killing Politics: Official Rhetoric and Permissable Speech
3. Acting “As If”: The Story of M
4. Signs of Transgression
5. Complicating Compliance
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Review Quotes
Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania
“Wedeen conveys with great force and intimacy the strategies, dilemmas, and paradoxes of authoritarianism in a very particular, very distinctive, cultural context.”
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