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This special issue is a key text in the current study of social movements. It introduces new analytical concepts for understanding visuals in social movements and examines case studies from across the globe; such as analysis of the symbols used in the Egyptian uprising, and cont…
Presents Tocqueville's study of the French Revolution in the context of the country's history, critiquing the call to liberty by the French people in 1789 and raising concerns that, while the revolutionary spirit had prevailed, the post-Revolutionary state had retained the tyran…
Yemen, tucked into the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, has often escaped regional and international attention. And yet its history illuminates some of the most important issues at play in the modern Middle East: from Cold War rivalries to the growth of Islamic extr…
Rosa Luxemburg lived a revolutionary life which determined her theoretical reflections about revolution and the role of the masses within it. The present study provides an analysis of Luxemburg's thoughts about and experiences with revolutionary processes and shows how she furth…
With race and the police once more burning issues, this classic work from one of America's giants of black radicalism has lost none of its prescience or power The trial of Angela Davis is remembered as one of America's most historic political trials, and no one can tell the stor…
Rosa Luxemburg: Band 1: Leben und Wirken
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Rosa Luxemburg was one of the most important intellectuals of the »long« 19th century, and her work in politics and within the European labor movement was extremely manifold. She understood socialism - especially to the displeasure of the Bolsheviks - as a unity of political and…
Rosa Luxemburg was one of the most important intellectuals of the »long« 19th century, and her work in politics and within the European labor movement was extremely manifold. She understood socialism - especially to the displeasure of the Bolsheviks - as a unity of political and…
Rosa Luxemburg: Band 2: Nachwirken
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The year 2021 marks the 150th anniversary of Rosa Luxemburg's birth. Even though she met a violent death in the course of the 1918/19 revolution and much has subsequently been done to diminish her memory, her works remain an inspiration to this day for all those who seek to crea…
Rosa Luxemburg: Band 2: Nachwirken
by Jacob, Frank, Schütrumpf, Jörn, Scharenberg, Albert
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The year 2021 marks the 150th anniversary of Rosa Luxemburg's birth. Even though she met a violent death in the course of the 1918/19 revolution and much has subsequently been done to diminish her memory, her works remain an inspiration to this day for all those who seek to crea…
How do you solve a problem like understanding Iraq? For Hanna Batatu, the solution to this conundrum lay in generating alternative possibilities that effectively side-stepped the conventional wisdom of the time. Historians had long held that Iraq - like other artificial creation…
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Violent non-state actors have become almost endemic to political movements in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. This book examines why they play such a key role and the different ways in which they have developed. Placing them in the context of the region, separate chapter…
The definitive introduction to the Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (PKK, Kurdistan Workers' Party) in Turkey.
The definitive introduction to the Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (PKK, Kurdistan Workers' Party) in Turkey.
How has political revolution figured into the development of avant-garde cultural production? Is the vanguard an antiquated concept or does its influence still resonate in the 21st century? Focusing closely on the convergence of aesthetics and politics that materialized in the e…
"The contemporary movements seen on the streets of the Middle East today have their roots in a rich history of social and political struggle in the region. Since the 1990s, large-scale social movements have mobilised millions in opposition to authoritarian regimes often backed b…
This collection presents exciting new research on the history of anarchist movements and their relation to organised labour, notably revolutionary syndicalism. Bringing together internationally acknowledged authorities as well as younger researchers, all.
A call for a new kind of democracy by the leader of Spain's Podemos party.