{"product_id":"states-without-people-revolt-and-defeat-in-the-middle-east-paperback-softback-9780228024156","title":"States Without People; Revolt and Defeat in the Middle East (Paperback \/ softback) 9780228024156","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStates Without People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRevolt and Defeat in the Middle East\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBillie Jeanne Brownlee (Author), Maziyar Ghiabi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780228024156\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.378 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A bracingly original and iconoclastic exploration of how the defeat of mass revolts across the Middle East has been capitalised upon by a protean culture of the right steeped in the machinations of myth. As the Great Civil War that has traversed the region intensifies in the shadow of genocide and imperialism, States Without People is an indispensable compass. A theory for dark times.\" Alberto Toscano, author of \u003cem\u003eLate Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe horizon of emancipatory politics is in ruins, scarred by defeats and ongoing conflicts. Under the auspices of technocapitalist elites and their political allies, a reactionary turn tightens its grip on the world. Civil wars and regional conflicts are surging. The Middle East has become the regional laboratory for a global reconfiguration of power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStates Without People\u003c\/em\u003e explores how revolts that preceded the outbreak of war have fostered a right-wing political culture. In a nuanced discussion of the defeat of popular revolts and the rise of mythological politics, hypermilitarism, and ethnosupremacism, Billie Jeanne Brownlee and Maziyar Ghiabi take readers into the phenomenological depths of citizen politics in Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Egypt, across the Arabian Peninsula, and beyond. The book highlights three pivotal moments: the outbreak and defeat of popular revolts, the ensuing civil wars, and the complex displacement that has forced millions from their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStates Without People\u003c\/em\u003e advances a paradigm shift in state–citizen relations from the vantage point of the Middle East. In the state without people, there is no ideological space for a heterogeneous or self-contradictory citizenry – only for partisans, whose interests overlap with the state's, and for enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520560754968,"sku":"9780228024156","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/states-without-people-revolt-and-defeat-in-the-middle-east-paperback-softback-9780228024156","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}