HAMAS : RESISTANCE TO REGIME
Εκδότης Seven Stories Press , ISBN 9781644211892
A nuanced history, through the eyes of the people involved, of one of the most controversial political
movements in the world.
Ten years after its publication in English, this updated version of Hamas provides a new chapter
that reflects on the recent developments in the Palestinian struggle including Israel's most recent assault
on Gaza in May 2021.
The Palestinian elections of 2006 changed modern Middle Eastern history-as well as changing
the perception on the question of Palestine around the world. How, Westerners asked, could a secular
people elect a radical Islamist group, one that openly advocated for violent resistance against the Israeli
government and its people, to lead them?
With incredible detail, Caridi covers the entire history of Hamas from its 1948 origins in Islamic
resistance groups through the critical 2006 elections and the 2011 revolutions that rocked the Arab
world. Caridi breaks with the tradition of sensationalist journalism to instead tell the story of a movement,
caught between the desire to resist its oppressor and occupier and the need to provide support for a
refugee people as the sole effective government of a war-torn region embargoed by Israel. In so doing,
she performs, with intelligence, dexterity, and heart, the central function of history: to look at a people's
actions through that people's eyes and to reveal Palestinian understanding behind the controversy in
explaining one of the key players in the central crisis of the Middle East today.
"The historical account does not content itself with providing the most subtle details concerning the origins,
organisational structure, and ideology of [Hamas], but digs under the surface in order to offer to the readers
a realistic and scientific analysis of the movement in all its manifold dimensions. The result is a very readable
book which represents the much-needed critical synthesis of the literature about Hamas."
Περίληψη
A nuanced history, through the eyes of the people involved, of one of the most controversial political
movements in the world.
Ten years after its publication in English, this updated version of Hamas provides a new chapter
that reflects on the recent developments in the Palestinian struggle including Israel's most recent assault
on Gaza in May 2021.
The Palestinian elections of 2006 changed modern Middle Eastern history-as well as changing
the perception on the question of Palestine around the world. How, Westerners asked, could a secular
people elect a radical Islamist group, one that openly advocated for violent resistance against the Israeli
government and its people, to lead them?
With incredible detail, Caridi covers the entire history of Hamas from its 1948 origins in Islamic
resistance groups through the critical 2006 elections and the 2011 revolutions that rocked the Arab
world. Caridi breaks with the tradition of sensationalist journalism to instead tell the story of a movement,
caught between the desire to resist its oppressor and occupier and the need to provide support for a
refugee people as the sole effective government of a war-torn region embargoed by Israel. In so doing,
she performs, with intelligence, dexterity, and heart, the central function of history: to look at a people's
actions through that people's eyes and to reveal Palestinian understanding behind the controversy in
explaining one of the key players in the central crisis of the Middle East today.
"The historical account does not content itself with providing the most subtle details concerning the origins,
organisational structure, and ideology of [Hamas], but digs under the surface in order to offer to the readers
a realistic and scientific analysis of the movement in all its manifold dimensions. The result is a very readable
book which represents the much-needed critical synthesis of the literature about Hamas."
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Caridi, Paola
- Eκδότης Seven Stories Press
- ISBN 9781644211892
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100083570
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2023
- Σελίδες 448
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 350 gr