Revolutions Aesthetic Weiss Max
Revolutions Aesthetic Weiss Max The November 1970 coup that brought Hafiz al-Asad to power fundamentally transformed cultural production in Syria. The ensuing agonistic struggle pitted official…
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Revolutions Aesthetic Weiss Max
The November 1970 coup that brought Hafiz al-Asad to power fundamentally transformed cultural production in Syria. The ensuing agonistic struggle pitted official aesthetics of power against alternative modes of creative expression that could evade or ignore the effects of the state. A comprehensive intellectual, ideological, and political project-a Ba'thist cultural revolution-sought to align artistic endeavors with the ideological interests of the regime.
Engaging rich original sources-novels, films, and cultural periodicals-Weiss With this book, Max Weiss offers the first cultural and intellectual history of Ba'thist Syria, from the coming to power of Hafiz al-Asad, through the transitional period under Bashar al-Asad, and continuing up through the Syria War.Revolutions Aesthetic reconceptualizes contemporary Syrian politics, authoritarianism, and cultural life.