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Revolution in Rojava : democratic autonomy and women's liberation in Syrian Kurdistan / Michael Knapp, Anja Flach and Ercan Ayboğa ; foreword by David Graeber ; afterword by Asya Abdullah ; translated by Janet Biehl.
Author
Knapp, Michael (Historian)
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Uniform title
Revolution in Rojava.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London : Pluto Press, 2016.
©2016
Description
xxxi, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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HQ1727.5.Z8 R48 2016
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Subject(s)
Feminism
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Kurdistan
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History
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Kurds
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Syria
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Social conditions
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Women
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Political activity
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Syria
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Women
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Syria
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Social conditions
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Women
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Political activity
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Kurdistan
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Communism
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Kurdistan
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History
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Embargo
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Kurdistan
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History
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21st century
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Kurds
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Syria
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Politics and government
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Kurdistan
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History
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Syria
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History
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Civil War, 2011-
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Author
Flach, Anja, 1964-
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Ayboga, Ercan
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Writer of introduction
Graeber, David
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Writer of afterword
Abdullah, Asya
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Translator
Biehl, Janet, 1953-
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Summary note
"Surrounded by enemies including ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people in Syria's Rojava region are carving out one of the most radically progressive societies on the planet. Visitors have been astounded by the success of their project, a communally organised democracy which considers women's equality indispensable, has a deep-reaching ecological policies, and rejects reactionary nationalist ideology. This form of organization, labeled democratic confederalism, is both fiercely anti-capitalist and boasts a self-defense capacity which is keeping ISIS from their gates. Drawing on their own firsthand experiences of working and fighting in the region, the authors provide the first detailed account of a revolutionary experiment and a new vision of politics and society in the Middle East and beyond"--Back cover.
Notes
"Revolution in Rojava, the first full book to appear on the democratic gender-equal, cooperative revolution under way in northern Syria, was originally published in German in March 2015 VSA Verlag. This English version began as a direct translation, but over the course of 16 months, it has been extensively revised and updated, so in many respects it is a new book."--Translator's note, page xi.
Bibliographic references
Includes biblographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: on the road to Til Koçer
Background
Rojava's diverse cultures
Democratic confederalism
The liberation
A women's revolution
Democratic autonomy in Rojava
Civil society associations
Defense: the theory of the Rose
The new justice system
The democratization of education
Health care
The social economy
Ecological challenges
Neighbors
Prospects
Afterward: the philosophy of democratic autonomy.
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Democratic autonomy and women's liberation in Syrian Kurdistan
ISBN
0745336590 ((paperback))
9780745336596 ((paperback))
9780745336640 ((hardback))
0745336647 ((hardback))
LCCN
2023394259
OCLC
934884642
Other standard number
99970489533
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Revolution in Rojava [electronic resource] : democratic autonomy and women's liberation in Syrian Kurdistan / Michael Knapp, Anja Flach and Ercan Ayboğa ; foreword by David Graeber ; afterword by Asya Abdullah ; translated by Janet Biehl.
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