Winning Lebanon: Youth Politics, Populism, and the Production of Sectarian Violence, 1920-1958

ISBN-13: 9781108491525 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 250 str.

Dylan Baun

Opis

Using unique sources to highlight the daily lives of the young men and women of Lebanon's youth politics, this study traces the political and cultural history of a diverse set of youth-centric organizations from the 1920s to 1950s to reveal how their distinct type of politics and populism would play a role in the making of modern Lebanon.

Recenzje

'Baun's Winning Lebanon is a useful reminder to judge the past on its own terms, not on the basis of what happened later.' P. Clawson, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The future of young men: the construction and performance of youth politics; 2. Producing space: celebrations of organizational life and death; 3. Broadening the base: the poor, the countryside, women, and abroad; 4. In defense of Lebanon: the non-sectarian causes of the 1958 war; 5. Fighting the punks: the routine practices and sectarian outcomes of the 1958 war; Epilogue: centering youth, remembering and globalizing 1958.