Living with the AK-47
Subtitle: militancy and militants in Hezbollah's resistance movement
By: by Younes Saramifar
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781443875523
Subjects: Islam and politics; Geopolitics; Politics and government; Hizballah (Lebanon)
Other titles: Living with the AK-47
Description: Understanding resistance movements and armed militias in the Middle East is key in unraveling this complex and sensitive region. This book focuses on the Hezbollah group in Lebanon, combining extensive ethnography with critical insights drawn from a range of disciplines including sociology, psychology and philosophy. Instead of approaching resistance or violence through received macro-formulations, the book concentrates on micro-narratives and spatial dynamics of two critical spaces - namely, Dahiya, a Shia-majority suburb of Beirut and Hezbollah's stronghold, and training camps, where volunteers metamorphose into militants. -- cover
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (pages 171-178).

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