Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan - Couverture souple

Knapp, Michael; Flach, Anja; Ayboga, Ercan

 
9780745336596: Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0745336590 ISBN 13 : 9780745336596
Editeur : Pluto Press, 2016

Synopsis

A new kind of society is being built in Syria, but it’s not one you would expect. Surrounded by deadly bands of ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people living in Syria’s Rojava cantons are carving out one of the most radically progressive societies on the planet today. Western visitors have been astounded by the success of their project, a communally organised democracy which considers women’s equality indispensable and rejects reactionary nationalist ideology whilst being fiercely anti-capitalist. The people of Rojava call their new system democratic confederalism. An implementation of the recent ideology of the imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, it boasts gender quotas of 40 percent, bottom-up democratic structures, deep-reaching ecological policies and a militancy which is keeping ISIS from the gates. Revolution in Rojava is the first full-length study of this ongoing social and political transformation in Syrian Kurdistan. It is the first authentic insight into the complex dimensions of the revolution. Its authors use their own experiences of working and fighting in the region to construct a picture of hope for Middle-Eastern politics and society, and reveal an extraordinary story of a battle against the odds.

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À propos des auteurs

Michael Knapp is a historian of radical democracy, Ercan Ayboga is an environmental engineer and activist, and Anja Flach is an enthologist and member of the Rojbîn women's council in Hamburg. Janet Biehl is a writer, editor, and translator. She was Murray Bookchin's copyeditor for the last two decades of Bookchin's professional life, and has published several books, including Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin.

Anja Flach is an enthnologist and member of the Rojbîn women's council in Hamburg. She spent two years in the Kurdish women's guerrilla army and has previously published books about her experiences.

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Éditeur
Pluto Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0745336590
ISBN 13 
9780745336596
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780745336640: Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in the Syrian Kurdistan

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ISBN 10 :  0745336647 ISBN 13 :  9780745336640
Editeur : Pluto Press, 2016
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