
Resistances
Between Theories and the Field
Rowman & Littlefield International (Publisher)
Published on 14. July 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
282 pages
978-1-78660-936-6 (ISBN)
Description
Our world today is experimenting a time of great power but also of tremendous resistances.
Everywhere, people are brought together by similar burdens and frustration and creatively think about how to counter the forms of domination they are ascribed to. In academia as well there is an awakening among scholars to further investigate these multiple forms of resistance and equip the field with useful and empowering knowledge.
This book aims at presenting some of these findings and reflecting upon the implications, social relevance, and ethical challenges of the growing field of Resistance Studies.
Everywhere, people are brought together by similar burdens and frustration and creatively think about how to counter the forms of domination they are ascribed to. In academia as well there is an awakening among scholars to further investigate these multiple forms of resistance and equip the field with useful and empowering knowledge.
This book aims at presenting some of these findings and reflecting upon the implications, social relevance, and ethical challenges of the growing field of Resistance Studies.
Reviews / Votes
From France's gilets jaunes to the native pipeline blockades in North Dakota - numerous societies confronted with the impact and the decline of a certain political and economic order, see forms of protest and resistance that cannot be embedded in nor really connected to 'classical' political actors and civil society. This is why a comparative work on resistances like this one is timely. -- Bruno De Cordier, Associate Professor, Conflict Research Group, Ghent University, Belgium This work is an excellent contribution to our understanding of the complex issue of resistance in its different forms and shapes. It is a brilliant introduction to the new trends in resistances studies based on fruitful empirical research. Each chapter integrates a case study which highlights an ongoing debate commented by scholar-activists engaged in the movements they study. -- Firouzeh Nahavandi, Professor, Free University of Brussels Resistances is a rich illustration of the interdisciplinary range, empirical scope and theoretical depths of contemporary resistance studies. It articulates a new wave by scholar-activists combining theoretical analysis with activist concerns. It brings the field forward by critically discussing earlier work and suggesting new approaches. Importantly, it argues for our engagement with the "resistance-violence nexus" and domination within the academia. -- Stellan VinthagenMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 b/w illustrations;5 b/w photos; 2 tables;
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
462 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78660-936-6 (9781786609366)
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Persons
Sarah Murru is Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL) in the Interdisciplinary Research Center of Families and Sexualities (CIRFASE), and is also Associate Researcher at the Center for the Study of International Cooperation and Development (CECID) of the Universite libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
Abel Polese is Senior Research Fellow, Dublin City University and Tallinn University of Technology.
Abel Polese is Senior Research Fellow, Dublin City University and Tallinn University of Technology.
Content
Introduction: One, Ten, Thousands of Resistances and How to Make Sense of Them. Sarah Murru and Abel Polese
PART I. What Happens in the Everyday?
Chapter 1. Militant Laughter: Play and Resistance in Italian Anti-High Speed Rail Protests. Mateusz Laszczkowski
Chapter 2. Everyday Acts of Citizenship: Infrapolitical Resistance and its Political Consequences in the Age of Social Media. Bojan Baca
Chapter 3. Everyday Resistances in Gentrifying Contexts. Sandra Annunziata and Clara Rivas-Alonso
Chapter 4. Resistance Meets Prefiguration: Understanding Prefiguration and a Critical Analysis Towards the (Im)Possibilities for Practicing Hope. Monica Soares and Sergio Martin Tapia Argueello
Chapter 5. This Is Our Home: Everyday Resistance of the Palestinians in Israel 1948-66. Marwan Darweish
PART II. What is in a Study of Resistance?
Chapter 6. Resistance as Repoliticization: The Resistance Movement Against the Mega-Prison Project in Brussels. Jerome Pelenc
Chapter 7. Resistance to the New Gree
PART I. What Happens in the Everyday?
Chapter 1. Militant Laughter: Play and Resistance in Italian Anti-High Speed Rail Protests. Mateusz Laszczkowski
Chapter 2. Everyday Acts of Citizenship: Infrapolitical Resistance and its Political Consequences in the Age of Social Media. Bojan Baca
Chapter 3. Everyday Resistances in Gentrifying Contexts. Sandra Annunziata and Clara Rivas-Alonso
Chapter 4. Resistance Meets Prefiguration: Understanding Prefiguration and a Critical Analysis Towards the (Im)Possibilities for Practicing Hope. Monica Soares and Sergio Martin Tapia Argueello
Chapter 5. This Is Our Home: Everyday Resistance of the Palestinians in Israel 1948-66. Marwan Darweish
PART II. What is in a Study of Resistance?
Chapter 6. Resistance as Repoliticization: The Resistance Movement Against the Mega-Prison Project in Brussels. Jerome Pelenc
Chapter 7. Resistance to the New Gree