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1	Colonising violence : space, insurgency and subjectivity in French Mandate Syria Neep, Daniel January 2008 (has links) Accounts of colonial state formation as part of the global expansion of modernity inadequately conceptualise the role of violence in that process. By proposing that violence is a field in which power operates, not a form in which power is embodied, this thesis presents a new interpretation of colonial violence in Syria during the French Mandate. I show that violence is not an anachronistic throwback to "pre-modern" sovereign power, but a strategy of "modern" governmental power. Modern governmentality relies on the creation of free-willed yet acquiescent subjects, whose liberty violence is held to obliterate. Conversely, the spectacular punitive violence which accompanied the pacification of Syria in the 1920s shows how French colonial warfare interpellated the Syrian population to become just such free-willed, rational subjects. Modernity further depends on certain representational arrangements which I identify as present in colonial military practices in Syria, especially in discourses of progress and primitivism, military scientism and operational orders. I show how modernity'S characteristic spatial, temporal and epistemological homogeneity were produced and reproduced in and through organised violence. In contrast, the military practices of Syrian rebel bands embodied distinctly non-modern modes of representation. Rebel military manuals order violence in ways radically different to colonial doctrine. French forces and Syrian rebels had equally divergent visions of how best to conceptualise the space in which they fought. In case studies of the Ghuta, the Jabal Druze, the Syrian Desert and the urban centres of Damascus, Aleppo, Palmyra and al-Qamishll, I show that violence and space were intertwined in colonial state formation. By contrasting and exploring the representational arrangements inherent to the mundane mechanisms of colonial practices of violence, I seek to offer new insights into how the border between "modern" and "non-modern" power is produced in the colonised world. 956.9
2	The Tanzimat in Syria and Palestine, 1840-61 : the impact of the Ottoman reforms on some aspects of life Ma?oz, Moshe January 1966 (has links) No description available. 956.9
3	Le druzisme au IXe/XVe siècle : entre hagiographie sayyidienne et réalités sociales / Druzism in the 9 th/15th century : between Sayyidian hagiography and social realities Halawi, Wissam 03 December 2016 (has links) L’historiographie traditionnelle considère que le druzisme – entendu comme la doctrine religieuse du tawḥīd propre aux Druzes – a connu son apogée au IXe/XVe siècle grâce à l’enseignement et à la direction spirituelle d’al-Sayyid (m. 884/1479). La présente étude a pour objectif d’analyser cette construction d’une figure mythifiée de grand saint et d’un récit peu ancré dans les réalités sociales au niveau local. Une telle révision est rendue possible par un double renouvellement : une lecture critique des sources et un élargissement du corpus à des manuscrits druzes inédits. Confronter les hagiographies sayyidiennes aux chroniques locales permet de distinguer entre les Vitae du saint et le personnage historique d'al-Sayyid, afin d’étudier sa vision, son action et son autorité dans les contrées syriennes du Ġarb et du Šūf. Les traités de droit druze livrent par ailleurs des indications précieuses sur l’organisation nouvelle mise en place par ses disciples après sa mort et sur le fonctionnement des communautés druzes au niveau local. Enfin l’articulation du pouvoir religieux des initiés avec le pouvoir politique des émirs ḥusaynides, issus des Banū Buḥtur, est révélatrice des formes de légitimation qui apparaissent alors. / Traditional historiography considers that Druzism – understood as the religious doctrine of tawḥīd specific to the Druzes – had its heyday in the 9th/15th century through teaching and spiritual guidance from al-Sayyid (d. 884/1479). The present study aims to analyse this construction of a mythical figure of a great saint as well as that of a narrative scarcely rooted in the local social realities. Such a revision was made possible by double-renewal: a critical reading of the sources and the enrichment of the corpus with unpublished Druze manuscripts. Confronting Sayyidian hagiographies to local chronicles allows us to distinguish between the Vitae of the saint and the historical character of al-Sayyid, and thus to study his vision, action, and authority in the Syrian regions of the Ġarb and Šūf. The Druze law treaties also give valuable information on the new organisation implemented by his followers after his death as well as the functioning of Druze communities at the local level. Finally, the articulation of the religious power of initiates with the political power of the Ḥusaynid emirs from the Banū Buḥtur, reveals the forms of legitimation which then appear. Autorités religieuses Hagiographie Syrie Druzisme Droit Druze Justice communautaire Sainteté Banū Buḥtur Druzes Al-Sayyid Émirs du Ġarb État mamelouk Pouvoir local Ḥikma Tradition druze Institutions privées Religious authorities Hagiography Syria Druzism Community Justice Holiness Druzes Banū Buḥtur Emirs of the Ġarb Mamluk state Local power Druze tradition Private institutions Al-Sayyid Druze Canon Ḥikma 956.9

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